{"id":19392,"date":"2020-01-27T16:09:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=19392"},"modified":"2020-09-27T16:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T20:10:24","slug":"srimad-bhagavatam-1-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/srimad-bhagavatam-1-16-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u015aB 1.16.25<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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dhara\u1e47y uv\u0101ca
\nbhav\u0101n hi veda tat sarva\u1e41
\nyan m\u0101\u1e41 dharm\u0101nup\u1e5bcchasi
\ncaturbhir vartase yena
\np\u0101dair loka-sukh\u0101vahai\u1e25<\/i><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Synonyms<\/h2>\n
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dhara\u1e47\u012b<\/em><\/a> uv\u0101ca<\/em><\/a> \u2014 mother earth replied; bhav\u0101n<\/em><\/a> \u2014 your good self; hi<\/em><\/a> \u2014 certainly; veda<\/em><\/a> \u2014 know; tat<\/em><\/a> sarvam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 all that you have inquired from me; yat<\/em><\/a> \u2014 that; m\u0101m<\/em><\/a> \u2014 from me; dharma<\/em><\/a> \u2014 O personality of religious principles; anup\u1e5bcchasi<\/em><\/a> \u2014 you have inquired one after another; caturbhi\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by four; vartase<\/em><\/a> \u2014 you exist; yena<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by which; p\u0101dai\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by the legs; loka<\/em><\/a> \u2014 in each and every planet; sukha<\/em><\/a>–\u0101vahai\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 increasing the happiness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Translation<\/h2>\n
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The earthly deity [in the form of a cow] thus replied to the personality of religious principles [in the form of a bull]: O Dharma, whatever you have inquired from me shall be known to you. I shall try to reply to all those questions. Once you too were maintained by your four legs, and you increased happiness all over the universe by the mercy of the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Purport<\/h2>\n
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The principles of religion are laid down by the Lord Himself, and the executor of such laws is Dharmar\u0101ja, or Yamar\u0101ja. Such principles work fully in the age of Satya-yuga; in the Tret\u0101-yuga they are reduced by a fraction of one fourth; in the Dv\u0101para-yuga they are reduced to one half, and in the Kali-yuga they are reduced to one fourth, gradually diminishing to the zero point, and then devastation takes place. Happiness in the world depends proportionately on the maintenance of the religious principles, individually or collectively. The best part of valor is to maintain the principles despite all kinds of odds. Thus one can be happy during the span of life and ultimately return to Godhead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u015aB 1.16.25 \u00a0 dhara\u1e47y uv\u0101ca bhav\u0101n hi veda tat sarva\u1e41 yan m\u0101\u1e41 dharm\u0101nup\u1e5bcchasi caturbhir vartase yena p\u0101dair loka-sukh\u0101vahai\u1e25 Synonyms dhara\u1e47\u012b uv\u0101ca \u2014 mother earth replied; bhav\u0101n \u2014 your good self; hi \u2014 certainly; veda \u2014 know; … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 13:50:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}