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TEXT 71
rasalankara-vat kavyam
dosa-yuk ced vibhusitam
syad vapuh sundaram api
svitrenaikena durbhagam
SYNONYMS
rasawith humors; alankara-vatwith ornaments (metaphors, similes, etc.); kavyampoetry; dosa-yukfaulty; cetif; vibhusitamvery nicely decorated; syatit becomes so; vapuhthe body; sundarambeautiful; apieven though; svitrenaby a white spot of leprosy; ekenaone; durbhagamunfortunate.
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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