Madhya 24.17

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TEXT

মূর্খ, নীচ, ম্লেচ্ছ আদি শাস্ত্ররিক্তগণ ।
ধনসঞ্চয়ী - নির্গ্রন্থ, আর যে নির্ধন ॥ ১৭ ॥

mūrkha, nica, mleccha adi sastra-rikta-gana

dhana-sancayi-nirgrantha, ara ye nirdhana

SYNONYMS

mūrkha-foolish, illiterate persons; nica-lowborn; mleccha-unclean persons with no principles; adi-and others; sastra-rikta-gana-persons devoid of all regulative principles stated in sastra; dhana-sancayi-capitalist (one who gathers wealth); nirgrantha-called nirgrantha; ara-also; ye-anyone who; nirdhana-without riches.

TRANSLATION

"Nirgrantha also refers to one who is illiterate, lowborn, misbehaved, unregulated and devoid of respect for Vedic literature. The word also refers to one who is a capitalist and to one who has no riches.

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