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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 16.69",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 16.69",
  "label":"Text 69",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 16.69",
  "description":"\"If there are ten literary ornaments in a verse but even one faulty expression, the entire verse is nullified."

} —

Cc. Ādi 16.69

Text

daśa alaṅkāre yadi eka śloka haya
eka doṣe saba alaṅkāra haya kṣaya

Synonyms

daśa alaṅkāre—with ten instances of literary ornamentation; yadi—if; eka—one; śloka—verse; haya—there is; eka doṣe—by one fault; saba—all; alaṅkāra—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.