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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.6.11

ते च ह्यर्वाक्तनया निजलोकयात्रयान्धपरम्परयाऽऽश्वस्तास्तमस्यन्धे स्वयमेव प्रपतिष्यन्ति ॥ ११ ॥
te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti.
[te cha hy arvaaktanayaa nija-loka-yaatrayaandha-paramparayaashvastaas tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatishyanti.]
Word-for-word
te — those people not following the Vedic principles ca — and hi — certainly arvāktanayā — deviating from the eternal principles of Vedic religion nija-loka-yātrayā — by a practice arrived at by their own mental concoction andha-paramparayā — by a disciplic succession of blind, ignorant people āśvastāḥ — being encouraged tamasi — into the darkness of ignorance andhe — blindness svayam eva — themselves prapatiṣyanti — will fall down.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti.
te
those people not following the Vedic principles
ca
and
hi
certainly
arvāktanayā
deviating from the eternal principles of Vedic religion
nija-loka-yātrayā
by a practice arrived at by their own mental concoction
andha-paramparayā
by a disciplic succession of blind, ignorant people
āśvastāḥ
being encouraged
tamasi
into the darkness of ignorance
andhe
blindness
svayam eva
themselves
prapatiṣyanti
will fall down.
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-gītā, Chapter Sixteen, where there is a description of the downfall of the asuras (16.16 and 16.23).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
These lowest of people, faithful to an ignorant tradition concocted by themselves, which will not accept the authority of the Vedas, will fall down to hell.
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Personal Guidance
Mental concoctions presented as religion sound liberating but lead steadily downward. The test of a path is not its novelty or aesthetic appeal but its grounding in revealed knowledge.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'spiritual' ideas in your current diet are concocted rather than rooted in genuine paramparā?
  • What test do you actually apply before adopting a new spiritual teaching?
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