Verse 33
How he came to be called Hari· Verses 30–33
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30There too the Bhagavan was born of Harini and of Harimedhas, and he was called Hari, for by him the lord of the elephants was set free from the one that had seized him. 31Son of Badarayana, this we wish to hear from you: how Hari let the lord of the elephants go free when the crocodile had hold of him. 32That story is holy beyond measure, bringing good fortune, a road to well-being, and good; for in it, wherever it goes, the Bhagavan Hari, whose renown is highest, is sung. 33So Badarayana's son, urged to the stories by Pariksit, who had sat down to fast to death, greeted the king and spoke, brahmins, gladly, in the assembly of sages who were listening.