# SB 5.6.11 ## Text > te ca hy arvāktanayā nija-loka-yātrayāndha-paramparayāśvastās tamasy andhe svayam eva prapatiṣyanti. ## Synonyms *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.** ## 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).