Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 16 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.16

ঽনির্গ্রন্থঽশব্দে কহে, অবিদ্যাগ্রন্থিহীন বিধিনিষেধবেদশাস্ত্রজ্ঞানাদিবিহীন

ऽनिर्ग्रन्थऽशब्दे कहे, अविद्याग्रन्थिहीन विधिनिषेधवेदशास्त्रज्ञानादिविहीन

'nirgrantha'-śabde kahe, avidyā-granthi-hīna vidhi-niṣedha-veda-śāstra-jñānādi-vihīna

Synonyms

nirgranthanirgrantha; śabdeby the word; kaheone means; avidyāof ignorance; granthi-hīnawithout any knot; vidhi-niṣedharegulative principles of rules and restrictions; veda-śāstrathe Vedic literature; jñāna-ādiknowledge, and so on; vihīnawithout..

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 enjoined in the Vedic literature. It also refers to one who does not have knowledge.

Verse 16 of 355
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