As fire sparks ignite when returning to the blazing flame, dormant godly qualities manifest through Krishna consciousness and surrender.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.13 — May 30, 1972, Los Angeles 720530SB-LOS ANGELES [33:23 Minutes] SB-02.03.13_720530SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Chant. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Page 141, text number 13. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] śaunaka uvāca ity abhivyāhṛtaṁ rājā niśamya bharatarṣabhaḥ kim anyat pṛṣṭavān bhūyo vaiyāsakim ṛṣiṁ kavim [SB 2.3.13] Prabhupāda: [interrupts the chanting of the verse to correct devotees] It should be pronounced like "it yabhi vyāhṛtaṁ rājā." It yabhi vyāhṛtaṁ rājā. [devotees repeat] It yabhi vyāhṛtaṁ rājā niśamya bharatarṣabhaḥ. Like that.
Go on. [chanting continues, with corrections] That's all. Now, word meaning. Pradyumna: [reads synonyms] iti—thus; abhivyāhṛtam—all that was spoken; rājā—the King; niśamya—by hearing; bharata-ṛṣabhaḥ—Mahārāja Parīkṣit; kim—what; anyat—more; pṛṣṭavān—did he inquire from him; bhūyaḥ—again; vaiyāsakim—unto the son of Vyāsadeva; ṛṣim—one who is well versed; kavim—poetic.
[08:10] 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?" Prabhupāda: Hm. So Vaiṣṇava, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, is learned and poet. So these are the qualification of Vaiṣṇava.
As you know, there are twenty-six qualification mentioned in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, and one of the qualification is kavi, poet. Every Vaiṣṇava in our disciplic succession, all the Vaiṣṇavas... In the later ages, within two hundred years... During Caitanya Mahāprabhu's time there were Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, Vaiṣṇava; Locana dāsa Ṭhākura; Kavi-karṇapūra.
They were all big poets. Later on, Vidyāpati, Caṇḍīdāsa. No, Caṇḍīdāsa before Lord Caitanya. Jayadeva.
He also, before Lord Caitanya. All big, big kavis. The Jayadeva kavi's, this pralaya-payodhi-jale dhṛtavān asi vedam. So a Vaiṣṇava devotee of the Lord is expected to have all good qualities. The more you become advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all the good qualities that were covered by the cloud of māyā will come out.