SB 2.3.13
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TEXT
शौनक उवाच
इत्यभिव्याहृतं राजा निशम्य भरतर्षभः । किमन्यत्पृष्टवान्भूयो वैयासकिमृषिं कविम् ॥ १३ ॥ saunaka uvaca
ity abhivyahrtam raja
nisamya bharatarsabhaḥ
kim anyat prstavan bhūyo
vaiyasakim rsim kavim
iti-thus; abhivyahrtam-all that was spoken; raja-the king; nisamya-by hearing; bharata-rsabhaḥ-Maharaja Pariksit; kim-what; anyat-more; prstavan-did he inquire from him; bhūyaḥ-again; vaiyasakim-unto the son of Vyasadeva; rsim-one who is well versed; kavim-poetic.
TRANSLATION
Saunaka said, The son of Vyasadeva, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, was a highly learned sage and was able to describe things in a poetic manner. What did Maharaja Pariksit again inquire from him after hearing all that he said?
A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities are as follows: He is kind, peaceful, truthful, equable, faultless, magnanimous, mild, clean, nonpossessive, a well-wisher to all, satisfied, surrendered to Krsna, without hankering, simple, fixed, self-controlled, a balanced eater, sane, mannerly, prideless, grave, sympathetic, friendly, poetic, expert, and silent. Out of these twenty-six prominent features of a devotee, as described by Krsnadasa Kaviraja in his Caitanya-caritamrta, the qualification of being poetic is especially mentioned herein in relation to Sukadeva Gosvami. The presentation of Srimad-Bhagavatam by his recitation is the highest poetic contribution. He was a self-realized learned sage. In other words, he was a poet amongst the sages.
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