CC Madhya 24.17 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
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TEXT 17
- mūrkha, nīca, mleccha ādi śāstra-rikta-gaṇa
- dhana-sañcayī—nirgrantha, āra ye nirdhana
SYNONYMS
mūrkha—foolish, illiterate persons; nīca—lowborn; mleccha—unclean persons with no principles; ādi—and others; śāstra-rikta-gaṇa—persons devoid of all regulative principles stated in the śāstra; dhana-sañcayī—a capitalist (one who gathers wealth); nirgrantha—called nirgrantha; āra—also; ye—anyone who; nirdhana—without riches.
TRANSLATION
“‘Nirgrantha’ also refers to one who is illiterate, lowborn, misbehaved, unregulated and devoid of respect for the Vedic literature. The word also refers to one who is a capitalist and to one who has no riches.