### CC Adi 16.71

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

> rasālaṅkāra-vat kāvyaṁ\
> doṣa-yuk ced vibhūṣitam\
> syād vapuḥ sundaram api\
> śvitreṇaikena durbhagam

*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.

**“ '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.'**