What is the meaning of kavitam in the na dhanam na janam verse?

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Hare Krishna what is the word kavitam mean exactly in na dhanam na janam na sundarim words of the sikshashtakam answer bhakta nothapura has written a sanmolan bhashya where he explains each word of the sikshashtakam then he explains this in two ways one he says na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam so he says dhanam na janam na sundarim obviously meaning wealth, followers and opposite sex and then kavitam he says it refers to the word kavita literally means poetry one who is a poet is called as kavita, kavita is the product of a poet so this he says refers to the fruitive activity section of the vedic literature which is often described in poetic language so in the bhagavad gita also Krishna says rahatsam tatha samnam that among the various songs rahatsam is a very beautiful song and this actually glorifies the gods who are engaged who are enjoying in great opulence material pleasures and they are considered the ideals the stars in the karmakanda section so just as Krishna says that yanam pushpitam vacham so flowery words, similarly he says poetic words over here so those poetic words and the promises which are given in the vedic scriptures of dhanu janu sundari which Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is saying no I do not want this, so no kavitam so another meaning he gives is in a bhagavad gita sundarim kavitam one can bring it together that actually this poetry is very attractive but although the poetry is attractive a devotee does not want it because it is temporary and there was other commentators also some other scholars kavitam, it can simply refer to the fame of being a kavi that when one produces kavita there can be different kinds of pleasures in this world, so one pleasure is the pleasure of being a learned person, so scholarship the pride and joy of scholarship that is there no for that also so basically kavitam can refer to either the vedic literature which describe in poetic language sensual pleasures or it can refer to the fame that one gets by composing kavitas and being considered to be a learned person, both are material pleasures and devotee says no to all such material pleasures so that one can stay fixed in devotion to Krishna, unalloyed devotion thank you