[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Madhav Deshpande]

Beautiful verse, Christian.

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 Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:43 AM Christian Ferstl <
christian.ferstl at univie.ac.at> wrote:

> Please accept this metrically more sound version of my last verse:
>
> मानवव्याधिसंचारवर्जनार्थं स बुद्धिमान् ।
> रामो लाङ्गूलिनं ह्येव किं नु लङ्कामचारयत् ॥
>
> I am indepted to Dr. Roland Steiner for reminding me of Piṅgala's rule
> na prathamāt snau according to which two light syllables are not allowed
> after the very first one in a pāda.
>
>
> Christian Ferstl
>
>
> Am 06.04.2020 08:39, schrieb Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY:
> > Übung macht den Meister - so let my try again:
> >
> > मानवरोगसंचारवर्जनार्थं स बुद्धिमान् ।
> > रामो लाङ्गूलिनं ह्येव किं नु लङ्कामचारयत् ॥
> >
> > Did Rama the wise send none other than a monkey to Lanka
> > in order to avoid transmission of a human disease?
> >
> > (Please note that I do not consider myself a paṇḍit or a kavi but
> > rather a humble student of Sanskrit language and literature. I very
> > much appreciate your patience with my sometimes faulty compositions as
> > well as your improvements and the interesting discussions triggered by
> > them.)
> >
> >
> > Christian Ferstl
> >
> >
> > Am 05.04.2020 15:34, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
> >> A distraction from the Coronavirus
> >>
> >> कोरोनाभयभीतोऽसौ
> >> चिन्ताक्रान्तो दशानन: ।
> >>
> >> मुक्त्वा स जानकीं सद्यो
> >> राघवं शरणं ययौ ।।
> >>
> >> Scared of the danger of the Coronavirus, overcome by worry, Ravana
> >> freed Sita and quickly took refuge with Lord Rama.
> >>
> >> 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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