72 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 15

Sri-Suka uvaca
bharatasyatmajah sumatir namabhihito yam u ha vava kecit
pakhandina rsabha-padavim anuvartamaénam canaryda aveda-
samamnatam devatam sva-manisaya papiyasya kalau kalpayisyanti.

Sri-Sukah uvadca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak;
bharatasya—of Bharata Maharaja; atma-jah—the son; sumatih nama-
abhihitah—named Sumati: yam—unto whom; u ha vava—indeed:
kecit—some; paékhandinah—atheists, men without Vedic knowledge;
rsabha-padavim—the path of King Rsabhadeva; anuvartamanam—
following; ca—and; andryéh—not belonging to the Aryans who strictly
follow the Vedic principles: aveda-samaémnatam—not enumerated in
the Vedas; devatam—to be Lord Buddha or a similar Buddhist deity:
sva-manisaya—by their own mental speculation; paépiyasya —most sin-
ful; kalau—in this age of Kali; kalpayisyanti—will imagine.

TRANSLATION

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The son of Maharaja Bharata
known as Sumati followed the path of Rsabhadeva, but some
unscrupulous people imagined him to be Lord Buddha himself.
These people, who were actually atheistic and of bad character,
took up the Vedic principles in an imaginary, infamous way to sup-
port their activities. Thus these sinful people accepted Sumati as
Lord Buddhadeva and propagated the theory that everyone should
follow the principles of Sumati. In this way they were carried away
by mental concoction.

PURPORT

Those who are Aryans strictly follow the Vedic principles, but in this
age of Kali a community has sprung up known as the Grya-samaja,
which is ignorant of the import of the Vedas in the parampara system.
Their leaders decry all bona fide dcadryas, and they pose themselves as
the real followers of the Vedic principles. These acaryas who do not
follow the Vedic principles are presently known as the Grya-samayjas, or
the Jains. Not only do they not follow the Vedic principles, but they have
no relationship with Lord Buddha. Imitating the behavior of Sumati,
