Chapter 6
ते च ह्यर्वाक्तनया निजलोकयात्रयान्धपरम्परयाऽऽश्वस्तास्तमस्यन्धे स्वयमेव प्रपतिष्यन्ति ॥ ११ ॥
Transliteration
te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti.
Synonyms (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.
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.”