Sukadeva know or doesn't now

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On Thu, 13 May 2004, Acyuta Priya (das) RNS (Regional Secretary - Ukraine)

wrote:

> Lord Siva said:

> > aham vedmi suko vetti vyaso vetti na vetti va

> > bhaktya bhagavatam grahyam na buddhya na ca tikaya

> >

> > "I know Bhagavata, Sukadeva knows it, but I do not know if Vyasadeva

> > knows it or not. The Bhagavata can only be understood by bhakti." Not just

> > by dint of one's intelligence, scholarship or by taking help from the

> > commentaries." - Cc.Madhya 24.313

>

> Gour Govinda Maharaja said that Siva was sure about Sukadeva because Suka

> heard directly from Siva. Lord Siva is not sure about Vyasa because Lord

> Siva dis not told SB directly to Vyasa.

 

 

 

Dandavats, maharajas and prabhus. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

I can't answer your query, but as an interesting aside in this connection,

there is a variant version of this sloka said to be current among Oriya

panditas:

 

aham vedmi suko vetti vyaso vetti na vetti va |

sridharo sakalam vetti sri nrsimha-prasadatah ||

 

"I know. Suka knows. Vyasa knows, or may not know.

Sridhara knows everything, by the grace of Sri Nrsimha."

 

Sridharasvami is said to have been in the Rudra sampradaya, which seems

consistent with what H.H.Gauragovinda maharaja said as cited above.

 

 

Your humble servant,

 

Mukunda Datta dasa

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> there is a variant version of this sloka said to be current among Oriya

> panditas:

>

> aham vedmi suko vetti vyaso vetti na vetti va |

> sridharo sakalam vetti sri nrsimha-prasadatah ||

>

> "I know. Suka knows. Vyasa knows, or may not know.

> Sridhara knows everything, by the grace of Sri Nrsimha."

 

This sloka is fairly well-known, not only by Oriya pandits. As far as I

remember what happened is that Sridhara Swami's commentary on Bhagavatam was

caused some controversy, and the pandits not being able to come to a

conclusion on its bonafidity submitted it to Kasi Visvanath for his verdict,

which was transmitted as the sloka quoted above. NB Sri Nrsimhadeva is the

worshipable Deity of Sridhara Swami.