19२
Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 24]
प्रारम्भिक जीवन
This verse is from Šrimad-Bhāgavatam (5.19.26).
TEXT 2000
“ আত্মা ”-শব্দে “স্বভাব” কছে, ভাতে বেই রমে।।
আক্তানাম জীবনে স্কান-জামে ১০০ ।
‘ātmā’-śabde ‘svabhāva’ kahe, tāte yei rame ātmārāma jīva yata sthāvara-jaṅgame
SYNONYMS
ātmā-śabde —by the word  ātmā ;  svabhāva —nature;  kahe —is sometimes said;  tāte —in that;  yei rame —one who takes pleasure;  ātmārāma —called  ātmārāma ;  jīva —the living entities;  yata —all of them;  sthāvara-jaṅgame —the moving and nonmoving.
TRANSLATION
“Another meaning of the word ātmā is ‘one’s characteristic nature.’ Whoever enjoys his particular type of nature is called ātmārāma. Therefore, all living entities—be they moving or nonmoving—are also called ātmārāma.
TEXT 2011
জীবের স্বভাব—কৃষ্ণ-‘দাস’-অভিযান ।।
দেহে আত্মজ্ঞানে আচ্ছাদিত সেই “জ্ঞান” ॥ ২০১ ॥
jīvera svabhāva  — kṛṣṇa-‘dāsa’-abhimāna dehe ātma-jñāne ācchādita sei ‘jñāna’
SYNONYMS
jīvera svabhāva —the original characteristic of all living entities;  kṛṣṇa-dāsa —servant of Kṛṣṇa;  abhimāna —the conception;  dehe —in the material body;  ātma-jñāne —by the conception of the self;  ācchādita —covered;  sei jñāna —that original consciousness.
TRANSLATION
“The original nature of every living entity is to consider himself the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. However, under the influence of māyā, he thinks himself to be the body, and thus his original consciousness is covered.