Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 201 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.201

জীবের স্বভাব—কৃষ্ণঽদাসঽঅভিমান দেহে আত্মজ্ঞানে আচ্ছাদিত সেই ঽজ্ঞানঽ

जीवेर स्वभाव—कृष्णऽदासऽअभिमान देहे आत्मज्ञाने आच्छादित सेइ ऽज्ञानऽ

jīvera svabhāva—kṛṣṇa-'dāsa'-abhimāna dehe ātma-jñāne ācchādita sei 'jñāna'

Synonyms

jīvera svabhāvathe original characteristic of all living entities; kṛṣṇa-dāsaservant of Kṛṣṇa; abhimānathe conception; dehein the material body; ātma-jñāneby the conception of the self; ācchāditacovered; sei jñānathat 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.

Verse 201 of 355
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