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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.2

ఏతద్ వేదితుమిచ్ఛామి తత్త్వం తత్త్వవిదాం వర । హరేరద్భుతవీర్యస్య కథా లోకసుమఙ్గలా: ॥ ౨ ॥
etad veditum icchāmi
[etad veditum ichchaami]
tattvaṁ tattva-vidāṁ vara
[tattvam tattva-vidaam vara]
harer adbhuta-vīryasya
[harer adbhuta-veeryasya]
kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
[kathaa loka-sumangalaah]
etat — this veditum — to understand icchāmi — I wish tattvam — truth tattva-vidām — of those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth vara — O best hareḥ — of the Lord adbhuta-vīryasya — of the one who possesses wonderful potencies kathāḥ — narrations loka — for all planets su-maṅgalāḥ — auspicious.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
etad veditum icchāmi
etat
this
veditum
to understand
icchāmi
I wish
tattvaṁ tattva-vidāṁ vara
tattvam
truth
tattva-vidām
of those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth
vara
O best
harer adbhuta-vīryasya
hareḥ
of the Lord
adbhuta-vīryasya
of the one who possesses wonderful potencies
kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
kathāḥ
narrations
loka
for all planets
su-maṅgalāḥ
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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The King said: O brāhmaṇa! O best of knowers of truth! I desire to know exactly the truth that Nārada -- seer of Kṛṣṇa and taught by Brahmā -- spoke to others while explaining the qualities of the Lord who is without material qualities. Topics of the Lord who has astonishing powers are all-auspicious for the world.
Commentary

In the eighth chapter, Parīkṣit, revealing clearly his enthusiasm for topics about Kṛṣṇa, asks Śukadeva, who destroys all doubts, about various topics.

Aguṇasya means “devoid of material guṇas.” Deva refers to Kṛṣṇa.

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