Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.32
eta eva guṇāḥ prāyo dharmāya vana-mālinaḥ |
[eta eva gunaah praayo dharmaaya vana-maalinah |]
pṛthivyā prathama-skandhe prathayāñcakrire sphuṭam ||32||
[prithivyaa prathama-skandhe prathayaanchakrire sphutam ||32||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
eta eva guṇāḥ prāyo dharmāya vana-mālinaḥ |
pṛthivyā prathama-skandhe prathayāñcakrire sphuṭam ||32||
The earth also describes the qualities of Kṛṣṇa clearly and extensively in order to instruct the deity of dharma, in the First Canto.
Purport
… and in the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in connection with a conversation between the deity of the earth and the King of religion, Yamarāja.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
In this verse, dharmāya means “in order to teach the personification of dharma.” The dative case (dharmāya) is used according to the rule kriyārthopapadasya ca karmaṇi sthāninaḥ: dative case of a word is employed to denote the object of a suppressed infinitive. (Pāṇini 2.3.14) Thus dharmāya (dative case) means “The earth described Kṛṣṇa’s qualities for dharma,” or “The earth described Kṛṣṇa’s qualities in order to teach the deity Dharma.”
My note
Source: vedabase.io