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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 16.69
daśa alańkāre yadi eka śloka haya
eka doṣe saba alańkāra haya kṣaya
SYNONYMS
daśa alańkāre — with ten instances of literary ornamentation; yadi — if; eka — one; śloka — verse; haya — there is; eka doṣe — by one fault; saba — all; alańkāra — ornaments; haya kṣaya — become null and void.
TRANSLATION
"If there are ten literary ornaments in a verse but even one faulty expression, the entire verse is nullified.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness