Mudgalapurana 4.7.16

4.7.16

uvāca taṃ mahātmānaṃ kaṇvaṃ vedavidāṃ varam |
bharato rājanītijño bhaktiyukto viśeṣataḥ ||

Bharata, conversant with statecraft and endowed with special devotion, / spoke to that great soul Kaṇva, the best of the knowers of the Veda.”