88 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24
TEXT 15
‘afer-nicm TIANA, OA SR CHA |
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
‘faa! @-a10H B0e, Ofqal-cife-Aa |
fafe-facae-camatiag-soiaifa-faaia usw u
‘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, ab, care Baile sttenfaetel |
wereal—fraie, ata ca fare san
