At the command of his father, Shuka, that foremost of all righteous men, mastered all the books on Yoga, O Bharata, as also the Science of Kapila.
पितुर्नियोगाज्जग्राह शुको धर्मभृतां वरः। योगशास्त्रं च निखिलं कापिलं चैव भारत॥