Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.11.4
సూత ఉవాచ
నమస్కృత్య గురూన్ వక్ష్యే విభూతీర్వైష్ణవీరపి ।
యా: ప్రోక్తా వేదతన్త్రాభ్యామాచార్యై: పద్మజాదిభి: ॥ ౪ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
namaskṛtya gurūn vakṣye
[namaskritya guroon vakshye]
vibhūtīr vaiṣṇavīr api
[vibhooteer vaishnaveer api]
yāḥ proktā veda-tantrābhyām
[yaah proktaa veda-tantraabhyaam]
ācāryaiḥ padmajādibhiḥ
[aachaaryaih padmajaadibhih]
Word-for-word
sūtaḥ uvāca
—
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 the Vedas and the tantras
ācāryaiḥ
—
by standard authorities
padmaja-ādibhiḥ
—
beginning with Lord Brahmā.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī said
namaskṛtya gurūn vakṣye
namaskṛtya
offering obeisances
gurūn
to the spiritual masters
vakṣye
I shall speak
vibhūtīr vaiṣṇavīr api
vibhūtīḥ
the opulences
vaiṣṇavīḥ
belonging to Lord Viṣṇu
api
indeed
yāḥ proktā veda-tantrābhyām
yāḥ
which
proktāḥ
are described
veda-tantrābhyām
by the Vedas and the tantras
ācāryaiḥ padmajādibhiḥ
ācāryaiḥ
by standard authorities
padmaja-ādibhiḥ
beginning with Lord Brahmā.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering obeisances to my gurus, I shall repeat to you the description of the vibhūtis of Viṣṇu given in the Vedas and tantras by great authorities, beginning from lotus-born Brahmā.
He offers respects to guru in order to understand the meaning of what guru has instructed.
My note
Source: vedabase.io