[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

Wed Apr 1 08:08:11 UTC 2020

Or, metrically more sound:

कोरोणाव्याध्यसंक्रान्ता सीतादेवी निरामया ।
अतो ऽस्पृष्टा हि लङ्कायाम् इति रामस्य निश्चयः ॥

Christian

Am 01.04.2020 08:14, schrieb Christian Ferstl:
> Excellent proof for the pureness of Sita:
> 
> कोरोणाव्याध्यसंक्रान्ता सीतादेवी निरामया ।
> तन्न स्पृष्टा हि लङ्कायाम् इति रामस्य प्रत्ययः ॥
> 
> Sita was well and not infected by the Corona virus,
> so she was surely not touched in Lanka - this was Ramas conviction.
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
> 
> Am 01.04.2020 00:48, schrieb Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY:
>> सुभाषितमेव
>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 4:23 PM, Joanna Jurewicz via INDOLOGY
>>> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I agree! Excellent!
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz
>>> Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
>>> Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
>>> Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
>>> ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
>>> 00-927 Warszawa , Poland
>>> Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
>>> College of Human Sciences
>>> UNISA
>>> Pretoria, RSA
>>> Member of Academia Europaea
>>> https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz
>>> 
>>> wt., 31 mar 2020 o 14:26 Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
>>> <indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):
>>> 
>>> Excellent verses, Christian and Dániel.
>>> 
>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>> 
>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 12:16 AM Dániel Balogh via INDOLOGY
>>> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, can't resist getting on the bandwagon.
>>> A little continuation to Christian's excellent earlier one about
>>> Damayantī's svayaṃvara.
>>> 
>>> देवो वा मनुजो वेति
>>> च्छन्ने वक्त्रे
>>> किमन्तरम्।
>>> दृष्टेरनिमिषायास्तु
>>> विजानीमहि तत्क्षणाद्॥
>>> 
>>> "God or man? What's the difference when their face is covered?"
>>> "But we can tell right away by their unblinking gaze."
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 08:53, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY
>>> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>> Here's an other one with a face mask:
>>> 
>>> कोरोणाया भयात्सीता
>>> पद्मदलमुखावृतिः ।
>>> सुवर्णमृगमेवैच्छच्
>>> चीनपैंगोलिनं न तु ॥
>>> 
>>> Out of fear of the Corona virus Sita, wearing a lotus leaf face
>>> mask,
>>> wanted a golden deer - not a Pangolin from China.
>>> 
>>> Christian Ferstl
>>> 
>>> Am 30.03.2020 22:58, schrieb Joanna Jurewicz:
>>>> Oh, I love this with mask, Christian. Frankly speaking, I enjoy
>>> all of
>>>> them.
>>>> 
>>>> And I am amazed by the discussion these poems incited.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, this is a perennial problem: Is poetry is free from rules or
>>>> not? Is there room for any innovation? For bold breaking rules?
>>>> 
>>>> With best wishes to all,
>>>> 
>>>> 3.062.14a     sómo asmábhyaṃ dvipáde
>>>> 3.062.14b     cátuṣpade ca paśáve
>>>> 3.062.14c     anamīvā́ íṣas karat
>>>> 
>>>> I would not dare to compose the poems in Sanskrit. The only
>>> language I
>>>> can do that is Polish.
>>>> 
>>>> Joanna
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz
>>>> 
>>>> Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
>>>> 
>>>> Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
>>>> 
>>>> Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
>>>> 
>>>> ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
>>>> 
>>>> 00-927 Warszawa , Poland
>>>> 
>>>> Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
>>>> 
>>>> College of Human Sciences
>>>> 
>>>> UNISA
>>>> 
>>>> Pretoria, RSA
>>>> 
>>>> Member of Academia Europaea
>>>> 
>>>> https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz
>>>> 
>>>> pt., 27 mar 2020 o 08:09 Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY
>>>> <indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):
>>>> 
>>>>> Face masks would indeed be a problem at Damayantī's
>>> svayaṃvara:
>>>>> 
>>>>> वरागतानां देवानां
>>>>> दमयन्त्याः स्वयंवरे ।
>>>>> न विशेषो ऽभवत् तेषां
>>>>> मुखचन्द्रकछादनात् ॥
>>>>> 
>>>>> But the gods were the same to Damayantī anyway.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Christian Ferstl
>>>>> University of Vienna
>>>>> 
>>>>> Am 26.03.2020 23:21, schrieb Valerie Roebuck:
>>>>>> Dear talented colleagues
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am enjoying these topical verses so much. If only we had a
>>>>>> miniaturist who could portray these scenes, perhaps with the
>>> hero
>>>>> and
>>>>>> heroine wearing face masks!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Valerie Roebuck
>>>>>> Manchester, UK
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 26 Mar 2020, at 19:59, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
>>>>>>> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 👏👏👏
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>>>>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM Christian Ferstl
>>>>>>> <christian.ferstl at univie.ac.at> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> And Arjuna says to Draupadi --
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> करो न स्पर्शतु ह्यद्य
>>> तव
>>>>>>>> पद्मोपमं करम् ।
>>>>>>>> करोनाख्यातरक्षो ऽसौ
>>>>>>>> कामदेवेन हन्यताम् ॥
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Today my hand must not touch your lotus-like hand.
>>>>>>>> That demon called Corona must be killed by the God of Love!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It seems I'm kind of infected by Prof. Deshpande's
>>> karona-kāvya
>>>>>>>> virus.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Christian Ferstl
>>>>>>>> University of Vienna
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Am 26.03.2020 15:23, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>>>>>>>>> Draupadi says to Arjuna -
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> मत्स्यं मा विद्ध्य
>>>>>>>>> कोन्तेय भविता न
>>>>> स्वयंवर:
>>>>>>>> ।
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>> कोरोनानिर्गमादूर्ध्वं
>>>>>>>>> पुनरायाहि सत्वरम् ।।
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> O Arjuna, don’t shoot the fish [with your arrow, to prove
>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> are the best archer], since the ceremony of choosing the
>>> groom
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> not be happening. After the Coronavirus goes away, please
>>> come
>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>> quickly.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>>>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>>>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>>>>>>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
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