▪ Hari has various definitions but Mahapr provides 2 meanings in CC Madhya 24.

59:
‘hariḥ’-śabde nānārtha, dui
mukhyatama hariḥ-śabde — by the word hari;
sarva amaṅgala hare, prema diyā nānā-artha — different imports; dui
hare mana
— two; mukhya-tama — chief;
sarva — all; amaṅgala —
inauspiciousness; hare — takes
away; prema diyā — by ecstatic
love; hare — attracts; mana — the
mind

“Although the word ‘hari’ has many different meanings, two of

them are foremost. One meaning is that the Lord takes away all
inauspicious things from His devotee, and the second meaning is
that He attracts the mind by ecstatic love for God.
▪ From what things did the Lord protect? Kunti says in SB1.8.24:

viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda- My dear Kṛṣṇa, Your Lordship has protected us from
darśanād a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals,
asat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa- from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during
kṛcchrataḥ our exile in the forest and from the battle where
great generals fought. And now You have saved us
mṛdhe mṛdhe 'neka-
from the weapon of Aśvatthāmā.
mahārathāstrato
drauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare
'bhirakṣitāḥ
viṣāt — from poison; mahā-agneḥ — from the great fire; puruṣa-ada — the man-
eaters; darśanāt — by combating; asat — vicious; sabhāyāḥ — assembly; vana-
vāsa — exiled to the forest; kṛcchrataḥ — sufferings; mṛdhe mṛdhe — again and
again in battle; aneka — many; mahā-ratha — great generals; astrataḥ —
weapons; drauṇi — the son of Droṇācārya; astrataḥ — from the weapon of; ca —
and; āsma — indicating past tense; hare — O my Lord; abhirakṣitāḥ — protected
completely.
 ▪ Lord did so much for the Kunti & the Pandavas –
Sukdev Gos notes in SB1.16.16:
sārathya-pāraṣada-sevana-sakhya-
dautya-
vīrāsanānugamana-stavana-
praṇāmān
snigdheṣu pāṇḍuṣu jagat-praṇatiṁ
ca viṣṇor
bhaktiṁ karoti nṛ-patiś
caraṇāravinde
Mahārāja Parīkṣit heard that out
of His causeless mercy Lord
Kṛṣṇa [Viṣṇu], who is universally
obeyed, rendered all kinds of
service to the malleable sons of
Pāṇḍu by accepting posts
ranging from chariot driver to
president to messenger, friend,
night watchman, etc., according
to the will of the Pāṇḍavas,
obeying them like a servant and
offering obeisances like one
younger in years. When he heard
this, Mahārāja Parīkṣit became
overwhelmed with devotion to
the lotus feet of the Lord

sārathya — acceptance of the post of a chariot driver;

pāraṣada — acceptance of the presidency in the assembly of
the Rājasūya sacrifice; sevana — engaging the mind
constantly in the service of the Lord; sakhya — to think of the
Lord as a friend; dautya — acceptance of the post of a
messenger; vīra-āsana — acceptance of the post of a
watchman with a drawn sword at night; anugamana —
following in the footsteps; stavana — offering of prayers;
praṇāmān — offering obeisances; snigdheṣu — unto them
who are malleable to the will of the Lord; pāṇḍuṣu — unto the
sons of Pāṇḍu; jagat — the universal; praṇatim — one who is
obeyed; ca — and; viṣṇoḥ — of Viṣṇu; bhaktim — devotion;
karoti — does; nṛ-patiḥ — the King; caraṇa-aravinde — unto
His lotus feet.