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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
This verse mentions various incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appear for various purposes. Śrīla Vyāsadeva, Mahāmuni, compiled the Vedic literature for the benefit of all human society. If one wants to be protected from the reactions of ignorance even in this age of Kali, one may consult the books left by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, namely the four  Vedas  ( Sāma ,  Yajur ,  Rg  and  Atharva ), the 108  Upaniṣads ,  Vedānta-sūtra  ( Brahma-sūtra ),  Mahābhārata ,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Mahā-purāṇa  (Vyāsadeva's commentary on the  Brahma-sūtra ) and the other seventeen  Purāṇas . Only by the mercy of Śrīla Vyāsadeva do we have so many volumes of transcendental knowledge to save us from the clutches of ignorance.
As described by Śrīla Jayadeva Gosvāmī in his  Daśāvatāra-stotra , Lord Buddha apparently decried the Vedic knowledge:
nindasi yajña-vidher ahaha śruti-jātam sadaya-hṛdaya-darśita-paśu-ghātam keśava dhṛta-buddha-śarīra jaya jagad-īśa hare
The mission of Lord Buddha was to save people from the abominable activity of animal killing and to save the poor animals from being unnecessarily killed. When  pāṣaṇḍīs  were cheating by killing animals on the plea of sacrificing them in Vedic  yajñas , the Lord said, "If the Vedic injunctions allow animal killing, I do not accept the Vedic principles." Thus he actually saved people who acted according to Vedic principles. One should therefore surrender to Lord Buddha so that he can help one avoid misusing the injunctions of the  Vedas .
The Kalki  avatāra  is the fierce incarnation who vanquishes the class of the atheists born in this age of Kali. Now, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, many irreligious principles are in effect, and as Kali-yuga advances, many pseudo religious principles will certainly be introduced, and people will forget the real religious principles enunciated by Lord Kṛṣṇa before the beginning of Kali-yuga, namely principles of surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord. Unfortunately, because of Kali-yuga, foolish people do not surrender to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Even most people who claim to belong to the Vedic system of religion are actually opposed to the Vedic principles. Every day they manufacture a new type of  dharma  on