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SB 12.11.4

Devanāgarī

सूत उवाच नमस्कृत्य गुरून् वक्ष्ये विभूतीर्वैष्णवीरपि । या: प्रोक्ता वेदतन्त्राभ्यामाचार्यै: पद्मजादिभि: ॥ ४ ॥

Text

sūta uvāca namaskṛtya gurūn vakṣye vibhūtīr vaiṣṇavīr api yāḥ proktā veda-tantrābhyām ācāryaiḥ padmajādibhiḥ

Synonyms

sūtaḥuvāca—Sūta Gosvāmī said;namaskṛtya—offering obeisances;gurūn—to the spiritual masters;vakṣye—I shall speak;vibhūtīḥ—the opulences;vaiṣṇavīḥ—belonging to Lord Viṣṇu;api—indeed;yāḥ—which;proktāḥ—are described;veda-tantrābhyām—by theVedasand thetantras;ācāryaiḥ—by standard authorities;padmaja-ādibhiḥ—beginning with Lord Brahmā.

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering obeisances to my spiritual masters, I shall repeat to you the description of the opulences of Lord Viṣṇu given in the Vedas and tantras by great authorities, beginning from lotus-born Brahmā.

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