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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- etad veditum icchāmi
- tattvaṁ tattva-vidāṁ vara
- harer adbhuta-vīryasya
- kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
etatthis — this; veditumto understand — to understand; icchāmiI wish — I wish; tattvamtruth — truth; tattvaof those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth-vidāmof those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth — of those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth; varaO best — O best; hareḥof the Lord — of the Lord; adbhutaof the one who possesses wonderful potencies-vīryasyaof the one who possesses wonderful potencies — of the one who possesses wonderful potencies; kathāḥnarrations — narrations; lokafor all planets — for all planets; suauspicious-maṅgalāḥauspicious — auspicious.
The King said: I wish to know. Narrations concerning the Lord, who possesses wonderful potencies, are certainly auspicious for living beings in all planets.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is full of narrations of the activities of the Supreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet. One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is certainly a very dear scripture for all the devotees of the Lord, but it is auspicious even for the nondevotees also because it explains that even the nondevotees hovering under the spell of material energy can be delivered from such clutches if they hear the narration of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with devotion and attention from the right source representing the Lord by disciplic succession.