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sundara sarira yaiche bhusane bhusita
eka sveta-kusthe yaiche karaye vigita
SYNONYMS
sundara—beautiful; sarira—body; yaiche—as; bhusane—with ornaments; bhusita—decorated; eka—one; sveta-kusthe—with a white spot of leprosy; yaiche—as; karaye—is made; vigita—abominable "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.