शौनक उवाच सूत सूत महाभाग वद नो वदतां वर । कथां भागवतीं पुण्यां यदाह भगवाञ्छुक: ॥ २ ॥
saunaka uvaca suta suta maha-bhaga vada no vadatam vara katham bhagavatim punyam yad aha bhagavan chukah
- saunakah
- Saunaka
- uvaca
- said
- suta suta
- O Suta Gosvami
- maha-bhaga
- the most fortunate
- vada
- please speak
- nah
- unto us
- vadatam
- of those who can speak
- vara
- respected
- katham
- message
- bhagavatim
- of the Bhagavatam
- punyam
- pious
- yat
- which
- aha
- said
- bhagavan
- greatly powerful
- sukah
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami.
Saunaka said: O Suta Gosvami, you are the most fortunate and respected of all those who can speak and recite. Please relate the pious message of Srimad-Bhagavatam, which was spoken by the great and powerful sage Sukadeva Gosvami.