CC Madhya 24.16 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 16
- ’nirgrantha’-śabde kahe, avidyā-granthi-hīna
- vidhi-niṣedha-veda-śāstra-jñānādi-vihīna
SYNONYMS
nirgrantha-śabde—by the word nirgrantha; kahe—one means; avidyā—of ignorance; granthi-hīna—without any knot; vidhi-niṣedha—regulative principles of rules and restrictions; veda-śāstra—the Vedic literature; jñāna-ādi—knowledge, and so on; vihīna—without.
TRANSLATION
“The word ‘nirgrantha’ refers to one who is liberated from the material knots of ignorance. It also refers to one who is devoid of all regulative principles enjoined in the Vedic literature. It also refers to one who does not have knowledge.