A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.18 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on January 13, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA.
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.18
dharmaḥ padaikena caran
vicchāyām upalabhya gām
pṛcchati smāśru-vadanāṁ
vivatsām iva mātaram
The personality of religious principles, Dharma, was wandering about in the form of a bull. And he met the personality of earth in the form of a cow who appeared to grieve like a mother who had lost her child. She had tears in her eyes, and the beauty of her body was lost. Thus Dharma questioned the earth as follows.
