sundara śarīra yaiche bhūṣaṇe bhūṣita
eka Å›veta-kuá¹£á¹he yaiche karaye vigÄ«ta
sundara - beautiful; Å›arÄ«ra - body; yaiche - as; bhÅ«á¹£aṇe - with ornaments; bhÅ«á¹£ita - decorated; eka - one; Å›veta-kuá¹£á¹he - with a white spot of leprosy; yaiche - as; karaye - is made; vigÄ«ta - abominable.
“One’s beautiful body may be decorated with jewels, but one spot of white leprosy makes the entire body abominable.
The great sage Bharata Muni, an authority on poetic metaphor, has given his opinion in this connection as follows.
