# Cc. Madhya 24.17 > মূর্খ, নীচ, ম্লেচ্ছ আদি শাস্ত্ররিক্তগণ । > ধনসঞ্চয়ী — নির্গ্রন্থ, আর যে নির্ধন ॥১৭॥ ## Text > mūrkha, nīca, mleccha ādi śāstra-rikta-gaṇa > dhana-sañcayī—nirgrantha, āra ye nirdhana ## Synonyms *mūrkha*—foolish, illiterate persons; *nīca*—lowborn; *mleccha*—unclean persons with no principles; *ādi*—and others; *śāstra-rikta-gaṇa*—persons devoid of all regulative principles stated in *śāstra*; *dhana-sañcayī*—capitalist (one who gathers wealth); *nirgrantha*—called *nirgrantha*; *āra*—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.**