विधर्म: परधर्मश्च आभास उपमा छल: । अधर्मशाखा: पञ्चेमा धर्मज्ञोऽधर्मवत्त्यजेत् ॥ १२ ॥
vidharmah para-dharmas ca abhasa upama chalah adharma-sakhah pancema dharma-jno ’dharmavat tyajet
- vidharmah
- irreligion
- para-dharmah
- religious principles practiced by others
- ca
- and
- abhasah
- pretentious religious principles
- upama
- principles that appear religious but are not
- chalah
- a cheating religion
- adharma-sakhah
- which are different branches of irreligion
- panca
- five
- imah
- these
- dharma-jnah
- one who is aware of religious principles
- adharma-vat
- accepting them as irreligious
- tyajet
- should give up
There are five branches of irreligion, appropriately known as irreligion (vidharma), religious principles for which one is unfit (para-dharma), pretentious religion (abhasa), analogical religion (upadharma) and cheating religion (chala-dharma). One who is aware of real religious life must abandon these five as irreligious.