CC Ādi 16.70
sundara śarīra yaiche bhūṣaṇe bhūṣita
eka śveta-kuṣṭhe yaiche karaye vigīta
eka śveta-kuṣṭhe yaiche karaye vigīta
Word for word:
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.
