This is the lower PRAKRITI; different from it know thou O mighty-armed My Higher PRAKRITI the very Life-element by which this world is upheld.

aparā = inferior; iyaṃ = this; itaḥ = besides this; tu = but; anyāṃ = another; prakṛtiṃ = energy; viddhi = just try to understand; me = My; paraṃ = superior; jivabhūtāṃ = comprising the living entities; mahābāho = O mighty-armed one; yayā = by whom; idaṃ = this; dhāryate = is utilized or exploited; jagat = the material world.;