Poet (Books)

BG Chapters 7 - 12

BG 7.15, Purport:

(3) The next class of duṣkṛtī is called māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ, or those persons whose erudite knowledge has been nullified by the influence of illusory material energy. They are mostly very learned fellows—great philosophers, poets, literati, scientists, etc.—but the illusory energy misguides them, and therefore they disobey the Supreme Lord.

BG Chapters 13 - 18

BG 14.6, Purport:

Repeatedly one may become a philosopher, a scientist or a poet, and repeatedly become entangled in the same disadvantages of birth and death.

BG 18.72, Purport:

Bhagavad-gītā is not an ordinary book written by a poet or fiction writer; it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

SB Canto 1

SB 1.3.24, Purport:

Lord Buddha had to reject the authority of the Vedas altogether. This is simply technical, and had it not been so he would not have been so accepted as the incarnation of Godhead. Nor would he have been worshiped in the transcendental songs of the poet Jayadeva, who is a Vaiṣṇava ācārya.

SB 1.5.10, Purport:

Social literary men, scientists, mundane poets, theoretical philosophers and politicians who are completely absorbed in the material advancement of sense pleasure are all dolls of the material energy.

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 16.98, Translation:

When the poetic champion was thus defeated, all the Lord's disciples sitting there began to laugh loudly. But Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked them not to do so, and He addressed the poet as follows.

CC Adi 16.99, Translation:

“You are the most learned scholar and the topmost of all great poets, for otherwise how could such fine poetry come from your mouth?

CC Adi 16.101, Translation:

“Even in the poetic compositions of such great poets as Bhavabhūti, Jayadeva and Kālidāsa there are many examples of faults.

CC Adi 16.102, Translation:

“Such mistakes should be considered negligible. One should see only how such poets have displayed their poetic power.