# Cc. Ādi 16.71 > রসালঙ্কারবৎ কাব্যং দোষযুক্ চেদ্বিভূষিতম্ । > স্যাদ্বপুঃ সুন্দরমপি শ্বিত্রেণৈকেন দুর্ভগম্ ॥৭১॥ ## Text > rasālaṅkāra-vat kāvyaṁ > doṣa-yuk ced vibhūṣitam > syād vapuḥ sundaram api > śvitreṇaikena durbhagam ## Synonyms *rasa*—with humors; *alaṅkāra-vat*—with ornaments (metaphors, similes, etc.); *kāvyam*—poetry; *doṣa-yuk*—faulty; *cet*—if; *vibhūṣitam*—very nicely decorated; *syāt*—it becomes so; *vapuḥ*—the body; *sundaram*—beautiful; *api*—even though; *śvitreṇa*—by a white spot of leprosy; *ekena*—one; *durbhagam*—unfortunate. ## Translation **“ 'As one's body, although well-decorated with ornaments, is made unfortunate by even one spot of white leprosy, so an entire poem is made useless by a fault, despite alliteration, similes and metaphors.'**