Verse 320

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In plain words

That same Ātman, once eclipsed, is given the name jīva: now it knows only a little, rules nothing, and turns through birth after birth — and carries every other mark of that kind.

Close to the Sanskrit

That very Self, overpowered, is called 'jīva' — possessed of such attributes as knowing only something, not being the Lord, being a transmigrator, and the rest.