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According to the Bhagavata Purana (Skandha 7, Adhyaya 15),

The Bhagavata Purana (Skandha 7, Adhyaya 15) enumerating on Adharma says, those who have knowledge of righteous principles (true dharma), should steer clear of the five forms (branches) of adharma (impiety) known as follows<ref name=":0">Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare, The Bhagavata Purana (Part III), Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology (Volume 9), Edited by J.L.Shastri, New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, P.no.[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150116/page/n115/mode/2up 985-996].</ref><ref name=":1">A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam (Seventh Canto), [http://prabhupadabooks.com/pdf/SB7.3.pdf Part 3-Chapters 10-15], 1976: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.</ref>(Verses 12-14<ref name=":2">Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 7, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AD/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB Adhyaya 15].</ref>):

 

# Vidharma: धर्मबाधो विधर्मः |<ref name=":2" /> ''dharmabādhō vidharmaḥ | ie.'' Principles that obstruct one from following one's own true dharma are called Vidharma.<ref name=":1" />

12. A man versed in righteousness should steer clear of the 5 forms (branches) of adharma (impiety), viz. vidharma, paradharma, abhasa, upama, chala, regarding them all as adharma (impiety).

# Para-dharma: स्यात्परधर्मोऽन्यचोदितः |<ref name=":2" /> ''syātparadharmō'nyacōditaḥ | ie.'' Course of conduct ordained for another varna or ashrama (e.g. fighting in the case of brahmanas).<ref name=":0" />

 

# Dharm-abhasa: यस्त्विच्छया कृतः पुम्भिराभासो ह्याश्रमात्पृथक् |<ref name=":2" /> ''yastvicchayā kr̥taḥ pumbhirābhāsō hyāśramātpr̥thak |'' ie. Pretentious course of conduct adopted, to willfully neglect the different duties prescribed by the Vedas for different varnas and ashramas, according to one's fancy (e.g. the avadhuta mode of life) is called dharma-abhasa.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

13. Vidharma is that which, though practised as a dharma, obstructs real dharma (eg. black-magic). Paradharma is the course of conduct ordained for another varna or ashrama (e.g. fighting in the case of brahmanas). Upadharma is the heresy opposing the Vedas or hypocrisy, while chala is the distortion of the text showing apparent conformity to the letter of the scriptures or quibbling.

# Upadharma: उपधर्मस्तु पाखण्डो |<ref name=":2" /> ''upadharmastu pākhaṇḍō | ie.'' Newly coined principles, specially those coined by people with false pride and those who oppose the principles of the Vedas is called Upadharma.<ref name=":1" />

 

# Chala-dharma: दम्भो वा शब्दभिच्छलः |<ref name=":2" /> ''dambhō vā śabdabhicchalaḥ | ie.'' Distortion of the text (through mis-interpretation) showing apparent conformity to the letter of the scriptures or quibbling.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

14. The course of conduct different from the duties (prescribed by the Vedas for different varnas and ashramas) in life but adopted according to one's fancy (e.g. the avadhuta mode of life) is (dharma-) abhasa.<ref>Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare, The Bhagavata Purana (Part III), Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology (Volume 9), Edited by J.L.Shastri, New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, P.no.[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150116/page/n115/mode/2up 985-996].</ref>

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