CC Adi 16.71 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

Ādi-līlā 16.70 - Ādi-līlā 16.72

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 71

rasālaṅkāra-vat kāvyaṁ

doṣa-yuk ced vibhūṣitam

syād vapuḥ sundaram api

śvitreṇaikena durbhagam

SYNONYMS

rasa—with humors; alaṅkāra-vat—with ornaments (metaphors, similes, etc.); kāvyam—poetry; doṣa-yuk—faulty; cet—if; vibhūṣitam—very nicely decorated; syāt—it becomes so; vapuḥ—the body; sundaram—beautiful; api—even though; śvitreṇa—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.'

Ādi-līlā 16.70 - Ādi-līlā 16.72