The Standard of Srila Sukadeva Goswami

Radhanath Swami

. Sukadev goswami, he learnt from his father Vyasadev, the Vedas. He took all the Vedic literatures, the four Vedas, the hundred and eight Upanishads and those beyond that, eighteen Puranas, there are so many other Puranas as well, these are just the principle ones and all the Histories and Itihasas and all the Dharma shastras, Jyotirveda, Dhanurveda, Ayurveda, Vastuveda, so many literatures, fast. And he knew the Vedas, not only of the earthy planet, but of heavenly planets and beyond, and he took the essence, the very very essence. The most important enlightening stories which illuminate the highest perfection and that is Srimad Bhagvatam. Therefore, it is the paramhamsa-samhita. It is the scripture for those who are really, only interested exclusively in the essence, that is Paramhamsa.