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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
TEXT 13
धर्मबाधो विधर्मः स्यात् परधर्मोऽन्यचोदितः । उपधर्मस्तु पाखण्डो दम्भो वा शब्दभिच्छलः ॥१३॥
dharma-bādho vidharmaḥ syāt para-dharmo 'nya-coditaḥ upadharmas tu pākhaṇḍo dambho vā śabda-bhic chalaḥ
dharma-bādhaḥ —obstructs the execution of one’s own religious principles;  vidharmaḥ —against the principles of religion;  syāt —should be;  para-dharmaḥ —imitating religious systems for which one is unfit;  anya-coditaḥ —which is introduced by someone else;  upadharmaḥ —concocted religious principles;  tu —indeed;  pākhaṇḍaḥ —by one who is against the principles of  Vedas , standard scriptures;  dambhaḥ —who is falsely proud;  vā —or;  śabda-bhit —by word jugglery;  chalaḥ —a cheating religious system.
TRANSLATION
Religious principles that obstruct one from following his own religion are called vidharma. Religious principles introduced by others are called para-dharma. A new type of religion created by one who is falsely proud and who opposes the principles of the Vedas is called upadharma. And interpretation by one’s jugglery of words is called chala-dharma.
PURPORT
To create a new type of  dharma  has become fashionable in this age. So-called  svāmīs  and  yogīs  support that one may follow any type of religious system, according to one’s own choice, because all systems are ultimately the same. In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , however, such fashionable ideas are called  vidharma  because they go against one’s own religious system. The real religious system is described by the Supreme Personality of Godhead:  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja . The real religious system is that of surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. In the Sixth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , in connection with