88 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

TEXT 15

‘afer-nicae Tae, GA SCR CAAT |
SAB, TS, als, Gta wR, feu se a

‘muni’-sabde manana-sila, ara kahe mauni
tapasvi, vrati, yati, ara rsi, muni

SYNONYMS

muni-sabde—by the word muni; manana-sila—who is thoughtful; dra—also;
kahe—it means; mauni—one who is silent; tapasvi—an ascetic; vrati—one who
keeps great vows; yati—one in the renounced order of life; dra—and; rsi—a
saintly person; muni—they are called muni.

TRANSLATION

“The word muni refers to one who is thoughtful, one who is grave or silent,
an ascetic, one who keeps great vows, one in the renounced order, a saint.
These are the different meanings of the word muni.

TEXT 16

‘fal @’-91cH Stz, afro-afe-ala |
fafa-facad-canatia-soiaife-faaia tv sw i

‘nirgrantha’-sabde kahe, avidya-granthi-hina

vidhi-nisedha-veda-sastra-jhanadi-vihina

SYNONYMS

nirgrantha—nirgrantha; sabde—by the word; kahe—one means; avidya4—of
ignorance; granthi-hina—without any knot; vidhi-nisedha—regulative principles
of rules and restrictions; veda-sastra—the Vedic literature; jfiana-adi—
knowledge, and so on; vihina—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 en-
joined in the Vedic literature. It also refers to one who does not have
knowledge.

TEXT 17

ad, ae, apg oilt ateafaeste |
ween —faalg, ata ca faye sau
