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nirgranthāḥ, (5) api, (6) urukrame, (7) kurvanti, (8) ahaitukīm, (9) bhaktim, (10) ittham-bhūta-guṇaḥ, (11) hariḥ

Madana-mohana at Vṛndāvana, and he wrote books on the principles of devotional service, such as the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa

The Lord also referred to the Vedic literature known as Hari-vaṁśa, which gives information about the In the Hari-vaṁśa it is stated that although birds and airplanes can fly high in the sky above the earth

In his prayers in the Hari-vaṁśa, Indra admitted that he could not understand the situation of Goloka

ātmārāmāś ca munayo nirgranthā apy urukrame kurvanty ahaitukīṁ bhaktim ittham-bhūta-guṇo hariḥ

and saw how He was dancing with His associates, Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī joined and began to sing: “Hari Hari!”

In this connection He quoted a verse from the Padma Purāṇa which is found in the Vaiṣṇava tantra (Hari-bhakti-vilāsa

smarantaḥ smārayantaś ca mitho ’ghaugha-haraṁ harim bhaktyā sañjātayā bhaktyā bibhraty utpulakāṁ tanum

tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam

prime duty of persons who want to become fearless to hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari

Absolute Truth may be worshiped either as Goddess Kālī, or Goddess Durgā, or Lord Śiva, Gaṇeśa, Rāma, Hari

In the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa it is stated that if one bona fide spiritual master is born in a brāhmaṇa family

svacchandaṁ vraja-sundarībhir abhitaḥ praty-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdho hariḥ

The best example of this is found in the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (7.28), wherein Dhruva Mahārāja said:

(5) api, (6) urukrame, (7) kurvanti, (8) ahaitukīm, (9) bhaktim, (10) ittham-bhūta-guṇaḥ and (11) hariḥ

In the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (14.36), a devotee says:

The word hari has different meanings, of which two are principal. The name Hari indicates that Kṛṣṇa takes away all inauspicious things from the devotee’s life and that That is the meaning of hari.

A verse in the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya states:

He even banished Junior Haridāsa, an important kīrtana leader, for glancing lustfully at a woman. Other devotees of the Lord had appealed to Him to forgive Haridāsa, but He replied, “All of you can forgive

trayyā copaniṣadbhiś ca sāṅkhya-yogaiś ca sātvataiḥ upagīyamāna-māhātmyaṁ hariṁ sāmanyatātmajam