422 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 8
There is no chance, however, to receive the Vedic knowledge from mental
speculators. Therefore, wherever Narada Muni goes, he represents himself
as authorized by the Lord, and his appearance is as good as that of the
Supreme Lord. Similarly, the disciplic succession which strictly follows
the transcendental instruction is the bona fide chain of disciplic 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 disciplic
succession. How Narada 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 aguna, 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 aguna.

TEXT 2
aaa aiaghranth at aataet a |
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aA FN SAAART 11
etad veditum icchami
tattvarn tattva-vidarm vara
harer adbhuta-viryasya
katha loka-sumangalah

elat—all these; veditum—just understand; icchémi—do | wish; tattvam—
the truth; tattva-vidam—of those who are well versed in the matter of
Absolute Truth; vara—the great; hareh—of the Lord; adbhuta-viryasya—of
the one who possesses wonderful potencies; kalhah—narrations; loka—for
all planets; su-mangalah—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

Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is full of narration of the activities of the

Supreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet.
