230 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 6
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HITMASAATHA faaAayal aeas AeHTAA 13

yasya kilanucaritam updkarnya konka-venka-kutakandm rajarhan-
namopasiksya kalav adharma utkrsyamane bhavitavyena vimohitah
sva-dharma-patham akuto-bhayam apahdaya kupatha-pakhandam
asamanjasam nija-manisaya mandah sampravartayisyate.

yasya—of whom (Lord Rsabhadeva): kila anucaritam—pastimes as a
paramaharisa, above all regulative varnasrama principles; updkar-
nya—hearing; konka-venka-kutakanadm—of Konka, Venka and
Kutaka; raja—the King; arhat-naéma—whose name was Arhat (now
known as the Jain); upasiksya—imitating the activities of Lord
Rsabhadeva in His paramaharisa feature: kalau—in this age of Kali;
adharme utkrsyamane—because of increasing irreligious life: bhavi-
tavyena—by that which was about to happen: vimohitah—bewildered;
sva-dharma-patham—the path of religion: akutah-bhayam—which is
free from all kinds of fearful danger: apahéya—giving up (such prac-
tices as cleanliness, truthfulness, control of the senses and mind.
simplicity, the principles of religion, and practical application of
knowledge): ku-patha-pakhandam—the wrong path of atheism:
asamaijasam—improper or against the Vedic literature; nuya-
manisaya—by his own fertile brain: mandah—most foolish:
sampravartayisyate —will introduce.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued speaking to Maharaja Pariksit: My
dear King, the King of Konka, Venka and Kutaka whose name was
Arhat, heard of the activities of Rsabhadeva and, imitating
Rsabhadeva’s principles, introduced a new system of religion.
Taking advantage of Kali-yuga, the age of sinful activity, King
Arhat, being bewildered, gave up the Vedic principles, which are
free from risk, and concocted a new system of religion opposed to
