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Appearance of Śrī Nārada
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TRANSLATION
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 powerful sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
PURPORT
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 are not interested in hearing it from a bogus person who interprets 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 eschew 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. Both these reciters are not 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 .
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कस्मिन् युगे प्रवृत्तेयं स्थाने वा केन हेतुना । कुतः सञ्चोदितः कृष्णः कृतवान् संहितां मुनिः ॥ ३ ॥
kasmin yuge pravṛtteyam   sthāne vā kena hetunā   kutaḥ sañcoditaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ   kṛtavān saṁhitām muniḥ
kasmin —in which;  yuge —period;  pravṛttā —was this begun;  iyam —this;  sthāne —in the place;  vā —or;  kena —on what;  hetunā —ground;  kutaḥ —wherefrom;  sañcoditaḥ —inspired by;  kṛṣṇaḥ —Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa;  kṛtavān —compiled;  saṁhitām —Vedic literature;  muniḥ —the learned.