धर्मबाधो विधर्म: स्यात्परधर्मोऽन्यचोदित: । उपधर्मस्तु पाखण्डो दम्भो वा शब्दभिच्छल: ॥ १३ ॥
dharma-badho vidharmah syat para-dharmo ’nya-coditah upadharmas tu pakhando dambho va sabda-bhic chalah
- dharma-badhah
- obstructs the execution of one’s own religious principles
- vidharmah
- against the principles of religion
- syat
- should be
- para-dharmah
- imitating religious systems for which one is unfit
- anya-coditah
- which is introduced by someone else
- upadharmah
- concocted religious principles
- tu
- indeed
- pakhandah
- by one who is against the principles of Vedas, standard scriptures
- dambhah
- who is falsely proud
- va
- or
- sabda-bhit
- by word jugglery
- chalah
- a cheating religious system
Religious principles that obstruct one from following his own religion are called vidharma. Religious principles introduced by others are called para-dharma. A new type of religion created by one who is falsely proud and who opposes the principles of the Vedas is called upadharma. And interpretation by one’s jugglery of words is called chala-dharma.