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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 3]
prṣṭavān —did he inquire from him;  bhūyaḥ —again;  vaiyāsakim —unto the son of Vyāsadeva;  rṣim —one who is well versed;  kavim —poetic.
TRANSLATION
Śaunaka said, The son of Vyāsadeva, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, was a highly learned sage and was able to describe things in a poetic manner. What did Mahārāja Parīkṣit again inquire from him after hearing all that he said?
PURPORT
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 Krṣṇa, 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 Krṣṇadāsa Kavirāja in his  Caitanya-caritāmṛta , the qualification of being poetic is especially mentioned herein in relation to Śukadeva Gosvāmī. The presentation of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  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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एतच्छुश्रूषतां विद्वन् स्रत नोऽहसि भाषितुम् । कथा हरिकयोदर्काः सतां स्युः सदसि ध्रुवम् ॥१४॥
etac chuśrūṣatām vidvan sūta no 'rhasi bhāṣitum kathā hari-kathodarkāḥ satām syuḥ sadasi dhruvam
etat —this;  śuśrūṣatām —of those eager to hear;  vidvan —O learned;  sūta —Sūta Gosvāmī;  naḥ —unto us;  arhasi —may you do it;  bhāṣitum —just to