CC Ādi 16.70
Bengali
সুন্দর শরীর যৈছে ভূষণে ভূষিত ।
এক শ্বেতকুষ্ঠে যৈছে করয়ে বিগীত ॥৭০ ॥
এক শ্বেতকুষ্ঠে যৈছে করয়ে বিগীত ॥৭০ ॥
Verse text
sundara śarīra yaiche bhūṣaṇe bhūṣita
eka śveta-kuṣṭhe yaiche karaye vigīta
eka śveta-kuṣṭhe yaiche karaye vigīta
Synonyms
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.