Text 19] Explanations of the Atmarama Verse 89
murkha, nica, mleccha adi sastra-rikta-gana
dhana-saficayi—nirgrantha, dra ye nirdhana

SYNONYMS
murkha—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-saficayi—capitalist (one who gathers
wealth); nirgrantha—called nirgrantha; dra—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 whois a capitalist and to one who has no riches.
TEXT 18
fafasca famed fafadie-facaycats |
MCT CARY AMCS VAANTACARA BM sv I
nir niscaye nis kramarthe
nir nirmana-nisedhayoh
grantho dhane ‘tha sandarbhe
varna-sangrathane ‘pi ca
SYNONYMS
nih—the prefix nih; niscaye—in the sense of ascertainment; nih—the prefix
nih; krama-arthe—in the meaning of succession; nih—the prefix nih; nirmana—in
the sense of forming; nisedhayoh—in the sense of forbidding; granthah—the
word grantha; dhane—in the sense of wealth; atha—also; sandarbhe—thesis;
varna-sangrathane—in the sense of tying together words; api—also; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
“‘The prefix nih may be used for a sense of ascertainment, gradation, con-
struction or forbidding. The word grantha means riches, thesis and composi-
tion.’
PURPORT
This is another quotation from the Visva-prakdsa dictionary.
TEXT 19
‘SMP -MC SCR, AG Gia HA |
PHM BE GE eA! 1 SdH
