CC Madhya 24.17

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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.