Ādi 16.71

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রসালঙ্কারবৎ কাব্যং দোষযুক্‌ চেদ্বিভূষিতম্ ।
স্যাদ্বপুঃ সুন্দরমপি শ্বিত্রেণৈকেন দুর্ভগম্ ॥ ৭১ ॥

rasalaṅkaravat kavyam dosa-yuk ced vibhusitam

syad vapuh sundaram api svitrenaikena durbhagam

SYNONYMS

rasa-with humors; alaṅkaravat-with ornaments (metaphors, similes, etc.); kavyam-poetry; dosa-yuk-faulty; cet-if; vibhusitam-very nicely decorated; syat-it becomes so; vapuh-the body; sundaram-beautiful; api-even though; svitrena-by a white spot of leprosy; ekena-one; durbhagam-unfortunate.

TRANSLATION

"'As one's body, although well-decorated with ornaments, is made unfortunate by even one spot of white leprosy, so an entire poem is made useless by a fault, despite alliteration, similes and metaphors.'

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