[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara) › [General treatises on poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya) › [Kavyadarsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa) › 1.7 # Kavyadarsha 1.7 Kāvyādarśa 1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.7) tad alpam api nopekṣyaṃ kāvye duṣṭaṃ kathaṃ cana & syād vapuḥ sundaram api śvitreṇaikena durbhagam // > Therefore, even a slight defect in poetry is not to be tolerated in any way; / even a beautiful body may be rendered repulsive by a single spot of vitiligo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Hṛdayaṅgamā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa!hrdayangama.7) — Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.1.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.1.7) · Pramāṇa