Text 11] The Activities of Lord Rsabhadeva 233
did not care for the fact that although Lord Rsabhadeva acted like a mad-
man, His stool and urine were nonetheless aromatic, so much so that they
nicely scented the countryside for miles around. The followers of King
Arhat went under the name Jains, and they were later followed by many
others, particularly by the hippies, who are more or less offshoots of
Mayavada philosophy because they think themselves the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. Such people do not respect the real followers of
Vedic principles, the ideal brahmanas. Nor do they have respect for the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Brahman. Due to the in-
fluence of this age of Kali, they are apt to concoct false religious systems.
TEXT 11

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GT TAHA PRATT ATHY ATT
mafarated 122 UN
te ca hy arvaktanaya nya-loka-yatrayandha-paramparayasvastas
tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatisyanti.

te—those people not following the Vedic principles: ca—and: hi—
certainly; arvaktanayé —deviating from the eternal principles of Vedic
religion; nija-loka-yatrayad—by a practice arrived at by their own men-
tal concoction; andha-paramparaya—by a disciplic succession of blind.
ignorant people; dsvastah—being encouraged: tamasi—into the dark-
ness of ignorance: andhe—blindness; suayam eva—themselves: pra-
patisyanti—will fall down.

TRANSLATION

Low-class people, due to their gross ignorance, introduce a
system of religion that deviates from the Vedic principles.
Following their own mental concoctions, they automatically fall
down into the darkest regions of existence.

PURPORT

In this connection. one may see Bhagavad-gita, Chapter Sixteen.
where there is a description of the downfall of the asuras (16.16 and
16.23).
