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.

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.