Tevy 1841
The lord travels to verdavana
99
TEXT 184
প্রভু কহে,—শ্রুতি, স্মৃতি, যত ঋষিগণ । সাবে ‘এক’-মত নাত়ে ভিন্ন ভিন্ন ধর্ম ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
prabhu kahe,—śruti, smṛti, yata ṛṣi-gaṇa sabe ‘eka’-mata nahe. bhinna bhinna dharma
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  śruti —the  Vedas ;  smṛti —the  Purāṇas ;  yata —all;  ṛṣi-gaṇa —great sages;  sabe —all of them;  eka-mata nahe —do not agree;  bhinna bhinna dharma —different grades of religious principles.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “The Vedas, Purāṇas and great learned sages are not always in agreement with one another. Consequently there are different religious principles.
PURPORT
Unless one comes to the Absolute Truth, there is no possibility of agreement.  Nāsav ṛṣir yasya mataṁ na 'bhinnam : it is said that a great learned scholar or sage cannot be exalted unless he disagrees. On the material platform, there is no possibility of agreement; therefore there are different kinds of religious systems. However, the Absolute Truth is one, and when one is situated in the Absolute Truth, there is no disagreement. On that absolute platform the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshipable. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.55):  bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ . On the absolute platform, the worshipful Deity is one, and the process of worship is also one. That process is  bhakti .
There are many different religions throughout the world because they are not all on the absolute platform of devotional service. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gitā  (18.66):  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja . The word  ekam  means “one,” Kṛṣṇa. On this platform, there are no different religious systems. According to  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.1.2):  dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra . On the material platform, religious systems are different.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  describes them from the very beginning as  dharmaḥ kaitavaḥ , cheating religions. None of these religions are actually genuine. The genuine religious system is that which enables one to become a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the words of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.6):
sa vai purinsārin paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje