24.17
murkha, nica, mleccha adi sastra-rikta-gana
dhana-sancayi--nirgrantha, ara 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-sancayi—capitalist (one who gathers wealth); nirgrantha—called nirgrantha; ara—also; ye—anyone who; nirdhana—without riches "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.