SB 8.1.30 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत्रापि जज्ञे भगवान्हरिण्यां हरिमेधस: । हरिरित्याहृतो येन गजेन्द्रो मोचितो ग्रहात् ॥ ३० ॥

Verse text

tatrāpi jajṣe bhagavān hariṇyāṁ harimedhasaḥ harir ity āhṛto yena gajendro mocito grahāt

Synonyms

tatrāpi — in that period ; jajṣe — appeared ; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; hariṇyām — in the womb of Hariṇī ; harimedhasaḥ — begotten by Harimedhā ; hariḥ — Hari ; iti — thus ; āhṛtaḥ — called ; yena — by whom ; gaja — indraḥ — the King of the elephants ; mocitaḥ — was freed ; grahāt — from the mouth of a crocodile .

Translation

Also in this manvantara, the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, took birth from the womb of Hariṇī, the wife of Harimedhā, and He was known as Hari. Hari saved His devotee Gajendra, the King of the elephants, from the mouth of a crocodile.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In this Manvantara, the Supreme Lord took birth from the womb of Hariṇī, the wife of Harimedhā, and was known as Hari. Hari saved Gajendra from the mouth of a crocodile. Āhṛtaḥ means “was called.”