38 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 1

manner in which; gaja-patim—the King of the elephants; graha-
grastam—when attacked by the crocodile; amiimucat—delivered.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit said: My lord, Badarayani, we wish to hear from
you in detail how the King of the elephants, when attacked by a
crocodile, was delivered by Hari.

TEXT 32

TRU Ae TS Fe BATA YAT |
TW TMA Warsi eft 122i!

tat-kathasu mahat punyam
dhanyam svastyayanam Subham
yatra yatrottamasloko

bhagavan giyate harih

tat-kathdsu—in those narrations; mahat—great; punyam—pious;
dhanyam—glorious; svastyayanam—auspicious; subham—all good;
yatra—whenever; yatra—wherever; uttamaslokah—the Lord, who is
known as Uttamasloka (He who is described by transcendental
literature); bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; giyate—is
glorified; harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Any literature or narration in which the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Uttamasloka, is described and glorified is certainly great,
pure, glorious, auspicious and all good.

PURPORT

The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading all over the world
simply by describing Krsna. We have published many books, including
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in seventeen volumes, four hundred pages each,
as well as Bhagavad-gita and The Nectar of Devotion. We are also
publishing Srimad-Bhagavatam in sixty volumes. Wherever a speaker
holds discourses from these books and an audience hears him, this will
