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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.2

శౌనక ఉవాచ సూత సూత మహాభాగ వద నో వదతాం వర । కథాం భాగవతీం పుణ్యాం యదాహ భగవాఞ్ఛుక: ॥ ౨ ॥
śaunaka uvāca
[shaunaka uvaacha]
sūta sūta mahā-bhāga
[soota soota mahaa-bhaaga]
vada no vadatāṁ vara
[vada no vadataam vara]
kathāṁ bhāgavatīṁ puṇyāṁ
[kathaam bhaagavateem punyaam]
yad āha bhagavāṣ chukaḥ
[yad aaha bhagavaash chukah]
śaunakaḥ — Śaunaka uvāca — said sūta sūta — O Sūta Gosvāmī mahā-bhāga — the most fortunate vada — please speak naḥ — unto us vadatām — of those who can speak vara — respected kathām — message bhāgavatīm — of the Bhāgavatam puṇyām — pious yat — which āha — said bhagavān — greatly powerful śukaḥ — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śaunaka uvāca
śaunakaḥ
Śaunaka
uvāca
said
sūta sūta mahā-bhāga
sūta sūta
O Sūta Gosvāmī
mahā-bhāga
the most fortunate
vada no vadatāṁ vara
vada
please speak
naḥ
unto us
vadatām
of those who can speak
vara
respected
kathāṁ bhāgavatīṁ puṇyāṁ
kathām
message
bhāgavatīm
of the Bhāgavatam
puṇyām
pious
yad āha bhagavāṣ chukaḥ
yat
which
āha
said
bhagavān
greatly powerful
śukaḥ
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
Śaunaka said: O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are the most fortunate and respected of all those who can speak and recite. Please relate the pious message of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which was spoken by the great and powerful sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

Sūta Gosvāmī is twice addressed herein by Śaunaka Gosvāmī out of great joy because he and the members of the assembly were eager to hear the text of Bhāgavatam uttered by Śukadeva Gosvāmī. They were not interested in hearing it from a bogus person who would interpret in his own way to suit his own purpose. Generally the so-called Bhāgavatam reciters are either professional readers or so-called learned impersonalists who cannot enter into the transcendental personal activities of the Supreme Person. Such impersonalists twist some meanings out of Bhāgavatam to suit and support impersonalist views, and the professional readers at once go to the Tenth Canto to misexplain the most confidential part of the Lord’s pastimes. Neither of these reciters are bona fide persons to recite Bhāgavatam. Only one who is prepared to present Bhāgavatam in the light of Śukadeva Gosvāmī and only those who are prepared to hear Śukadeva Gosvāmī and his representative are bona fide participants in the transcendental discussion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śaunaka said: O Sūta! O Sūta! Fortunate soul! Best of speakers! Please tell us the pure stories related to the Lord which the glorious Śuka spoke at the assembly of Parīkṣit.
Commentary

He addresses Sūta twice out of joy. Yat stands for yam.

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