Feb 17, 2015 — SRIDHAM MAYAPUR (SUN) — From the book "Brahmana & Vaishnava" by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada.
According to the statements of the sages headed by Sri Saunaka Rsi, Srila Suta Goswami has been established as sinless. It is understood that he was not born in a sinful or outcaste family. But the fruitive workers who follow an incomplete portion of a branch of Vedic literature consider him a non-brahmana outcaste and devoid of any samskaras. Thus they neglect the spiritual master and commit offence. That is why Sri Vyasadeva has recorded the word anagha, or sinless, spoken by the sages while describing Sri Suta Goswami in order to set an example for his successor acaryas. Sri Suta Goswami gave up his identification with a lower family and took shelter of Srila Sukadeva Goswami.
Because of accepting subordination to the spiritual master he became qualified to hear Srimad Bhagavatam(10.14.3):
jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva
jivanti san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam
sthane sthitah sruti-gatam tanu-van-manobhir
ye prayaso 'jita jito 'py asi tais tri-lokyam
“Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds.”
After hearing this sloka from Srila Sukadeva, Sri Suta Goswami Maharaja, though born in a low class family, heard Srimad Bhagavatam with his body, mind, and speech from paramahamsa Srila Sukadeva, the king of the Vaishnavas. Thus he underwent all types of samskaras and ultimately accepted the external dress meant for paramahamsas and approved by Srimad Bhagavatam. Unable to find any symptoms in his external dress that he had undergone any samskaras, the sages, who were mental speculators and controlled by the illusory energy, through their worldly godless vision simply understood him as a non-brahmana, professional outcaste saint.
Sarasvati Devi inspired them to address him as sinless and professor of the Dharma-sastras. Since foolishness is an impediment on the path of good fortune to the world, it is not encouraged by Krishna, who is beyond the jurisdiction of sense perception, because a gentle favored disciple receives all confidential mysteries from his spiritual master.
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust