कुमारसंभव - सृष्टिः

वर्णप्रकर्षे सति कर्णिकारं
    दुनोति निर्गंधतया स्म चेतः ।
प्रायेण सामग्र्यविधौ गुणानां
    पराङ्मुखी विश्व सृजः प्रवृत्तिः ॥

- कुमारसंभव

varNa prakarShe sati karNikaaram
    dunoti nirgandhatayA sma chetaH ।
prAyena sAmagryavidhau guNAnAm
    parAnmukhI vishvasRujaH pravRuttiH ॥

- kumArasambhava

The flowers of golden shower tree are bright in color, but disappoint due to the lack of fragrance. It is the nature of this Creator that he does not put in effort to make one thing good in all respects. He intentionally leaves out a few qualities in anything he makes.

- Kumarasambhava