### SB 5.6.11

> ते च ह्यर्वाक्तनया निजलोकयात्रयान्धपरम्परयाश्वस्तास्तमस्यन्धे स्वयमेवप्रपतिष्यन्ति ॥११॥

> te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti.

*te*—those people not following the Vedic principles; *ca*—and; *hi*—certainly; *arvāktanayā*—deviating from the eternal principles of Vedic religion; *nija-loka-yātrayā*—by a practice arrived at by their own mental concoction; *andha-paramparayā*—by a disciplic succession of blind. ignorant people; *āśvastāḥ*—being encouraged; *tamasi*—into the darkness of ignorance; *andhe*—blindness; *svayam eva*—themselves; *prapatiṣyanti*—will fall down.

**Low-class people, due to their gross ignorance, introduce a system of religion that deviates from the Vedic principles. Following their own mental concoctions, they automatically fall down into the darkest regions of existence.**

In this connection, one may see *Bhagavad-gītā,* Chapter Sixteen. where there is a description of the downfall of the *asuras* (16.16 and 16.23).