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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
TEXT 9
यस्य किलानुचरितमुपाकर्ण्यं कोङ्क्वेङ्कुटकानां राजार्हमामोपशिक्ष्य कलावधर्मं उत्कृष्यमाणे भवितव्येन विमोहितः स्वधर्मपथमकुतोभयमपहाय कुपथपाखण्डमसमञ्जसं निजमनीषया मन्दः सम्प्रवर्तयिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥
yasya kilānucaritam upākarṇya koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakānām rājārhan- nāmopaśikṣya kalāv adharma utkṛṣyamāṇe bhavitavyena vimohitaḥ sva-dharma-patham akuto-bhayam apahāya kupatha-pākhaṇḍam asamañjasaṁ nija-manīṣayā mandaḥ sampravartayiṣyate.
yasya —of whom (Lord Rṣabhadeva):  kila anucaritam —pastimes as a  paramahaṁsa , above all regulative  varṇāśrama  principles;  upākar- ṇya —hearing;  koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakānām —of Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka;  rājā —the King;  arhat-nāma —whose name was Arhat (now known as the Jain);  upaśikṣya —imitating the activities of Lord Rṣabhadeva in His  paramahaṁsa  feature;  kalau —in this age of Kali;  adharme utkṛṣyamāṇe —because of increasing irreligious life;  bhavi- tavyena —by that which was about to happen;  vimohitaḥ —bewildered;  sva-dharma-patham —the path of religion;  akutaḥ-bhayam —which is free from all kinds of fearful danger;  apahāya —giving up (such prac- tices as cleanliness, truthfulness, control of the senses and mind, simplicity, the principles of religion, and practical application of knowledge);  ku-patha-pākhaṇḍam —the wrong path of atheism;  asamañjasam —improper or against the Vedic literature;  nija- manīṣayā —by his own fertile brain;  mandaḥ —most foolish;  sampravartayiṣyate —will introduce.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, the King of Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka whose name was Arhat, heard of the activities of Rṣabhadeva and, imitating Rṣabhadeva's principles, introduced a new system of religion. Taking advantage of Kali-yuga, the age of sinful activity, King Arhat, being bewildered, gave up the Vedic principles, which are free from risk, and concocted a new system of religion opposed to