CC Adi 16.70
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 70
- sundara śarīra yaiche bhūṣaṇe bhūṣita
- eka śveta-kuṣṭhe yaiche karaye vigīta
SYNONYMS
sundara — beautiful; śarīra — body; yaiche — as; bhūṣaṇe — with ornaments; bhūṣita — decorated; eka — one; śveta-kuṣṭhe — with a white spot of leprosy; yaiche — as; karaye — is made; vigīta — 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.