daśa alaį¹…kāre yadi eka śloka haya
eka doį¹£e saba alaį¹…kāra haya kį¹£aya

 daśa alaį¹…kāre - with ten instances of literary ornamentation; yadi - if; eka - one; Å›loka - verse; haya - there is; eka doį¹£e - by one fault; saba - all; alaį¹…kāra - ornaments; haya kį¹£aya - become null and void.


Text

ā€œIf there are ten literary ornaments in a verse but even one faulty expression, the entire verse is nullified.

Purport