748 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 19

jealousy of Maharaja Prthu, and what he introduced is again appearing in
the age of Kali. Practically none of the sannyasis in this age are bona fide.
No one can introduce any new system into the Vedic way of life; if one
does so out of malice, he is to be known as a pdsandi, or atheist. In the
Vaisnava tantra il is said:

yas tu ndradyanam devam
brahma-rudradi-daivataih
samatvenaiva vikseta
sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam

Although it is forbidden, there are many pdsandis who coin terms like
daridra-narayana and svdmi-nardyana, although not even such demigods as
Brahma and Siva can be equal to Narayana.

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evam indre haraty asvam
vainya-yajna-jighamsaya

tad-grhita-visrstesu
pakhandesu matir nrnam

dharma ity upadharmesu
nagna-rakta-patddisu

prayena sajjate bhrantya
pesalesu ca vagmisu

evam—thus; indre—when the King of heaven; harati—stole; asvam—the
horse; vainya—of the son of King Vena; yajfa—the sacrifice; jighamsaya—
with a desire to stop; tat—by him; grhita—accepted; visrstesu—abandoned;
pakhandesu—toward the sinful dress; matih—attraction; nrnam—of the
people in general; dharmah—system of religion; iti-thus; upadharmesu—
toward false religious systems; nagna—naked;rakta-pata—red robed; adisu—
etc.; prayena—generally; sajjate—is attracted; bhrantya—foolishly ; pesalesu
—expert; ca—and; vagmisu—eloquent.
