Ādi 16.70

TEXT 70

TEXT

সুন্দর শরীর যৈছে ভূষণে ভূষিত ।
এক শ্বেতকুষ্ঠে যৈছে করয়ে বিগীত ॥৭০ ॥

sundara sarira yaiche bhūsane bhūsita

eka sveta-kusthe yaiche karaye vigita

SYNONYMS

sundara-beautiful; sarira-body; yaiche-as; bhūsane-with ornaments; bhūsita-decorated; eka-one; sveta-kusthe-with a white spot of leprosy; yaiche-as; karaye-is made; vigita-abominable.

TRANSLATION

"One's beautiful body may be decorated with jewels, but one spot of white leprosy makes the entire body abominable.

PURPORT

The great sage Bharata Muni, an authority on poetic metaphor, has given his opinion in this connection as follows.

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