So this bhakti-yoga system as it is described in the Bhagavad-gītā it was spoken first to the sun god millions of years ago.
- vivasvān manave prāha
- manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt
- (BG 4.1)
- evaṁ paramparā-prāptam
- imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ
- (BG 4.2)
So it is coming down from sun god to his son Manu, then Manu to Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, the first king in the dynasty wherein Lord Rāmacandra appeared. It is very old movement but the paramparā system, disciplic succession, was broken. That is stated by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
- sa kāleneha (mahatā)
- yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa
- (BG 4.2)
Therefore the Bhagavad-gītā yoga or bhakti-yoga was originally spoken to Arjuna. So at least from the historical point of view this movement is not less than five thousand years old. So not that we have concocted a religious process and distributing it. No. We cannot manufacture religion. That is not possible, because dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam (SB 6.3.19).
Dharma means the codes given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just like law means the codes given by the government. You cannot manufacture laws in your home. That is not acceptable. Similarly this dharma, or bhāgavata-dharma . . . dharma means bhāgavata-dharma, because the rules and regulations given by Lord Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is dharma.