Blessing • Canto 1 • Divine qualities • Serenity

SB 1.1.6-8: Qualities to receive the essence

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The sages assembled in Naimiṣāraṇya extolled Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī for his unparalleled qualities to be an ideal candidate to recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. We summarize his qualities as follows:

  1. He was free from vice (anagha). (SB 1.1.6)
  2. He has studied (adhītāni) religious scriptures (dharma-śāstrāṇi), supplementary (Puranic) scriptures (purāṇāni) and histories (itihāsāni ca) under guidance.(SB 1.1.6)
  3. He has also (api) explained (ākhyātāny) them to others. (SB 1.1.6)
  4. He was the most senior (śreṣṭho) scholar of the Vedas (veda-vidāṁ) and knew (viduḥ) all great learned scholars (parāvara-vido) including Śrīla Vyāsadeva (bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ), the composer of the Vedas. (SB 1.1.7)
  5. Since he was a gentle (saumya) and submissive (snigdhasya) disciple (śiṣyasya), he was, in fact (tattvatas), endowed with (uta) all the secrets (guhyam) of the Vedas by his teachers (guravo) as a result of their favor (tad-anugrahāt) upon him. (SB 1.1.8)

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