Text 31] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe
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TEXT 30
तत्रापि जज्ञे भगवान्हरिष्यां हरिमेधसः । हरिरित्याहृतो येन गजेन्द्रो मोचितो ग्रहात् ॥३०॥
tatrāpi jajñe bhagavān hariṇyāṁ harimedhasaḥ harir ity āhṛto yena gajendro mocito grahāt
tatrāpi —in that period;  jajñe —appeared;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  hariṇyāṁ —in the womb of Hariṇi;  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 Hariṇi, 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.
TEXT 31
श्रीराजोवाच
बादरायण एतत् ते श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् । हरिर्यथा गजपतिं ग्राहग्रस्तममूमुचत् ॥३१॥
śrī-rājovāca bādarāyaṇa etat te śrotum icchāmahe vayam harir yathā gaja-patiṁ grāha-grastam amūmucat
śrī-rājā uvāca —King Parikṣit said;  bādarāyaṇe —O son of Bādarāyaṇa (Vyāsadeva);  etat —this;  te —from you;  śrotum icchāmahe —desire to hear;  vayam —we;  hariḥ —the Lord Hari;  yathā —the