[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Christian Ferstl]

Please excuse my awkward previous stanza! This version is now corrected 
and improved by Girish K. Jha:

हा हेति भूपा मुनिपुंगवाश्च
सर्वे विलेपुः सहभृत्यलोकाः ।
वृथैव सीते वयमागताः स्मो
न स्पर्शनीये तव पादपद्मे ॥

Christian

Am 05.04.2020 09:05, schrieb Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY:
> हा हेति भूपा मुनिपुंगवाश्च
> सर्वे विलेपुः सहभृत्यलोकाः ।
> सीते वृथा वै वयमागताः स्मः
> न स्पर्शनीयौ तव पादपद्मौ ॥
> 
> "Ah!" all the kings and the most eminent sages together with their
> servants were wailing, "o Sita, we have come entirely in vain, your
> lotus-like feet may not be touched!"
> 
> Christian Ferstl
> 
> 
> 
> Am 04.04.2020 15:46, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>> 
>> कोरोनाविप्लवाक्रान्तं
>> लङ्काद्वीपं निरीक्ष्य स: ।
>> 
>> किंकर्तव्यतया मूढो
>> युद्धं तत्याज रावण: ।।
>> 
>> Seeing the island of Lanka being overwhelmed by the danger of the
>> Coronavirus, confused as to what course to take, Ravana abandoned the
>> battle.
>> 
>> 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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