[INDOLOGY] A series of verses on Rāvaṇa by one poetaster and two great Skt. writers

[Jesse Knutson]

Dear Friends, I labored over my first attempt at a śloka (shared below) for
several hours, partly inspired by Madhav Deshpande's lovely poems, partly
probably by something funny that I ate. Finally I dared to share it with
Madhav-mahodaya and he gave me some crucial help with pāda c. Then I shared
it with Arindam Chakrabarty who wrote a very clever response. Finally
Madhav-mahodaya himself wrote a concluding verse. Here are the three for
your holiday entertainment:

Jesse:
मा रामे रमतां प्राज्ञो दशग्रीववदाचरेत् ।
समा शिरोमनःसङ्ख्या पापे नित्यं कुरूत्सवम्।।

Arindam-mahodaya:

मुण्डे मुण्डे मतिर्भिन्ना लोकोक्तिवशतः सखे
दशधा दीर्यते बुद्धिर्बिभेमि रावणादतः।
स्वपत्नीं प्रेरयन्नग्नौ वने चानपराधिनीम्
रावणारिं वरं वन्दे रावणात्पापकृत्तरम्।।

Madhav-mahodaya:

दशग्रीवो दशमना विंशत्या सहित: करै: ।
द्वाभ्यां पदाभ्यां स्खलितोऽपतद्रामस्य पादयो: ।।
-- 
Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali, Department of Indo-Pacific
Languages and Literatures
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
461 Spalding


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