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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 8]
There is no chance, however, to receive the Vedic knowledge from mental speculators. Therefore, wherever Nārada Muni goes, he represents himself as authorized by the Lord, and his appearance is as good as that of the Supreme Lord. Similarly, the discipline succession which strictly follows the transcendental instruction is the bona fide chain of discipline succession, and the test for such bona fide spiritual masters is that there should be no difference between the instruction of the Lord originally imparted to His devotee and that which is imparted by the authority in the line of discipline succession. How Nārada Muni distributed the transcendental knowledge of the Lord will be explained in later cantos.
It will appear also that the Lord existed prior to the material creation, and therefore His transcendental name, quality, etc., do not represent any material quality. Whenever, therefore, the Lord is described as  aguṇa , or without any quality, it does not mean that He has no quality, but that He has no material quality, such as the modes of goodness, passion, or ignorance, as the conditioned souls have. He is transcendental to all material conceptions, and thus He is described as  aguṇa .
TEXT 2
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि तत्त्वं तच्चविदां वर । हरेर्द्धुतवीर्यस्य कथा लोकसुमङ्गलाः ॥ २ ॥
etad veditum icchāmi   tattvam tattva-vidām vara   harer adbhuta-vīryasya   kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
etat —all these;  veditum —just understand;  icchāmi —do I wish;  tattvam —the truth;  tattva-vidām —of those who are well versed in the matter of Absolute Truth;  vara —the great;  hareḥ —of the Lord;  adbhuta-vīryasya —of the one who possesses wonderful potencies;  kathāḥ —narrations;  loka —for all planets;  su-maṅgalāḥ —auspicious.
TRANSLATION
The King said: I wish to know. Narrations concerning the Lord, who possesses wonderful potencies, are certainly auspicious for living beings in all planets.
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is full of narration of the activities of the Supreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet.