Devanagari
तयोरेकतरो ह्यर्थः प्रकृतिः सोभयात्मिका ।
ज्ञानं त्वन्यतमो भावः पुरुषः सोऽभिधीयते ॥ ४ ॥
Verse text
tayor ekataro hy arthaḥ
prakṛtiḥ sobhayātmikā
jṣānaṁ tv anyatamo bhāvaḥ
puruṣaḥ so ’bhidhīyate
Synonyms
tayoḥ
—
of the two
;
ekataraḥ
—
one
;
hi
—
indeed
;
arthaḥ
—
entity
;
prakṛtiḥ
—
nature
;
sā
—
she
;
ubhaya
—
ātmikā — consisting of both the subtle causes and their manifest products
;
jṣānam
—
(who possesses) consciousness
;
tu
—
and
;
anyatamaḥ
—
the other
;
bhāvaḥ
—
entity
;
puruṣaḥ
—
the living soul
;
saḥ
—
he
;
abhidhīyate
—
is called .
Translation
Of these two categories of manifestation, one is material nature, which embodies both the subtle causes and manifest products of matter. The other is the conscious living entity, designated as the enjoyer.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Of these two categories of manifestation, one is prakṛti, which embodies cause and effect. The other is the conscious living entity, designated as the jīva.
Of the two aṁśas of the Lord, one, māyā, is called prakṛti, which exists as both cause and effect. The other entity is the jīva with knowledge as his nature.
Purport
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī,
prakṛti
here refers to the subtle
pradhāna,
which later becomes manifest as
mahat-tattva.