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the Vedas. That was the beginning of the Jain dharma. Many other so-called religions followed this atheistic system.
PURPORT
When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was present on this planet, a person named Pauṇḍraka imitated the four-handed Nārāyaṇa and declared himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He desired to compete with Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, during the time of Lord Rṣabhadeva, the King of Koṇka and Veṇka acted like a  paramahaṁsa  and imitated Lord Rṣabhadeva. He introduced a system of religion and took advantage of the fallen condition of the people in this age of Kali. It is said in Vedic literatures that people in this age will be more inclined to accept anyone as the Supreme Lord and accept any religious system opposed to Vedic principles. The people in this age are described as  mandāḥ sumanda-matayaḥ . Generally they have no spiritual culture, and therefore they are very fallen. Due to this, they will accept any religious system. Due to their misfortune, they forget the Vedic principles. Following non-Vedic principles in this age, they think themselves the Supreme Lord and thus spread the cult of atheism all over the world.
TEXT 10
येन ह वाव कलौ मनुजापसदा देवमायामोहिताः स्वविधिनियोगशौच- चारित्रविहीना देवहेलनान्यपत्रतानि निजनिजेच्छया गृह्णाना अस्मानानाचमनाशौचकेशोल्लुञ्चनादीनि कलिनाधर्मबहुलेनोपहतधियो ब्रह्मब्राह्मणयज्ञपुरुषलोकविदूषकाः प्रायेण भविष्यन्ति ॥ १० ॥
yena ha vāva kalau manujāpasadā deva-māyā-mohitāḥ sva-vidhi- niyoga-śauca-cāritra-vihīnā deva-helanāny apavratāni nija-nijecchayā gṛhṇānā asnānānācamanāśauca-keśolluñcanādīni kalinādharma- bahulenopahata-dhiyo brahma-brāhmaṇa-yajña-puruṣa-loka- vidūṣakāḥ prāyeṇa bhaviṣyanti.
yena—by which pseudo religious system: ha vāva—certainly: kalau—in this age of Kali; manuja-apasadāḥ—the most condemned