The reciter, O chief of the Bharatas, should be endued with learning and endued with a good voice and a clear utterance about both letters and words. Such a man should, O chief of the Bharatas, recite the Bharata.
वाचको भरतश्रेष्ठ व्यक्ताक्षरपदस्वरः। भविष्यं श्रावयेद् विद्वान् भारतं भरतर्षभ॥