apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat||5||

Meaning : This material nature is inferior. But know that besides it, O Arjuna, there is another, superior nature of Mine — the jīva-bhūta, the living soul — by which this world is sustained.