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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 15]
śrī-śuka uvāca
bharatasyātmajaḥ sumatir nāmābhihito yam u ha vāva kecit pākhaṇḍina ṛṣabha-padavīm anuvartamānaṁ cānāryā aveda- samāmnātāṁ devatāṁ sva-manīṣayā pāpīyasyā kalau kalpayīṣyanti.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; bharatasya—of Bharata Mahārāja; ātma-jaḥ—the son; sumatiḥ nāma- abhihitaḥ—named Sumati; yam—unto whom; u ha vāva—indeed; kecit—some; pākhaṇḍinaḥ—atheists, men without Vedic knowledge; ṛṣabha-padavīm—the path of King Rṣabhadeva; anuvartamānam— following; ca—and; anāryāḥ—not belonging to the Āryans who strictly follow the Vedic principles; aveda-samāmnātām—not enumerated in the Vedas; devatām—to be Lord Buddha or a similar Buddhist deity; sva-manīṣayā—by their own mental speculation; pāpīyasyā—most sin- ful; kalau—in this age of Kali; kalpayīṣyanti—will imagine.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: The son of Mahārāja Bharata known as Sumati followed the path of Rṣabhadeva, but some unscrupulous people imagined him to be Lord Buddha himself. These people, who were actually atheistic and of bad character, took up the Vedic principles in an imaginary, infamous way to support their activities. Thus these sinful people accepted Sumati as Lord Buddhadeva and propagated the theory that everyone should follow the principles of Sumati. In this way they were carried away by mental concoction.
PURPORT
Those who are Āryans strictly follow the Vedic principles, but in this age of Kali a community has sprung up known as the  ārya-samāja , which is ignorant of the import of the  Vedas  in the  paramparā  system. Their leaders decry all bona fide  ācāryas , and they pose themselves as the real followers of the Vedic principles. These  ācāryas  who do not follow the Vedic principles are presently known as the  ārya-samājas , or the Jains. Not only do they not follow the Vedic principles, but they have no relationship with Lord Buddha. Imitating the behavior of Sumati,