CC Madhya 24.200 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.199 - Madhya-līlā 24.201

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 200

'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.

Madhya-līlā 24.199 - Madhya-līlā 24.201