Vyāsadeva said: On hearing Sūta Gosvāmī speak thus, Śaunaka Muni, who was the elderly, learned leader of all the ṛṣis engaged in that prolonged sacrificial ceremony, congratulated Sūta Gosvāmī by addressing him as follows.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
व्यास उवाच । इति ब्रुवाणं संस्तूय मुनीनां दीर्घसत्रिणाम् । वृद्धः कुलपतिः सूतं बह्वृचः शौनकोऽब्रवीत्
vyāsa uvāca | iti bruvāṇaṃ saṃstūya munīnāṃ dīrghasatriṇām | vṛddhaḥ kulapatiḥ sūtaṃ bahvṛcaḥ śaunako'bravīt
SB 1.4.1