[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Madhav Deshpande]

Beautiful poem.  May suggest a minor change?  न स्पर्शनीयौ तव पादपद्मौ > न
स्पर्शनीये तव पादपद्मे or न स्पर्शनीयं तव पादपद्मम्.

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 Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 12:05 AM Christian Ferstl <
christian.ferstl at univie.ac.at> wrote:

>
> 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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