श्रीउद्धव उवाच प्रकृति: पुरुषश्चोभौ यद्यप्यात्मविलक्षणौ । अन्योन्यापाश्रयात् कृष्ण दृश्यते न भिदा तयो: । प्रकृतौ लक्ष्यते ह्यात्मा प्रकृतिश्च तथात्मनि ॥ २६ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca prakṛtiḥ puruṣaś cobhau yady apy ātma-vilakṣaṇau anyonyāpāśrayāt kṛṣṇa dṛśyate na bhidā tayoḥ prakṛtau lakṣyate hy ātmā prakṛtiś ca tathātmani
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- prakṛtiḥ
- nature
- puruṣaḥ
- the enjoyer, or living entity
- ca
- and
- ubhau
- both
- yadi api
- although
- ātma
- constitutionally
- vilakṣaṇau
- distinct
- anyonya
- mutual
- apāśrayāt
- because of shelter
- kṛṣṇa
- O Lord Kṛṣṇa
- dṛśyate na
- it does not appear
- bhidā
- any difference
- tayoḥ
- between them
- prakṛtau
- within nature
- lakṣyate
- is apparently seen
- hi
- indeed
- ātmā
- the soul
- prakṛtiḥ
- nature
- ca
- and
- tathā
- also
- ātmani
- in the soul
Śrī Uddhava inquired: Although nature and the living entity are constitutionally distinct, O Lord Kṛṣṇa, there appears to be no difference between them, because they are found residing within one another. Thus the soul appears to be within nature and nature within the soul.