Śrī Śaunaka asked Sūta Gosvāmī: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī was already on the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study of such a vast literature?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
शौनक उवाच । स वै निवृत्तिनिरतः सर्वत्रोपेक्षको मुनिः । कस्य वा बृहतीमेतामात्मारामः समभ्यसत्
śaunaka uvāca | sa vai nivṛttinirataḥ sarvatropekṣako muniḥ | kasya vā bṛhatīmetāmātmārāmaḥ samabhyasat
SB 1.7.9