[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Christian Ferstl]

And Vasiṣṭha pointed out another problem:

कोरोनासमये राजन् राष्ट्रसीमाः समन्ततः ।
रक्षिताः संवृताश्चैव वाजिमेधो न संभवः ॥

“In times of Corona, o king, the borders of your reign are all guarded 
and closed. A horse sacrifice is not possible.”


Am 09.04.2020 11:18, schrieb Christian Ferstl:
> Lockdown in ancient Ayodhya:
> 
> वसिष्ठेनैतदुद्दिष्टं कोरोनासमये नृप ।
> सेनापि ते गृहे तिष्ठेन्माश्वमेधं तदाहर ॥
> 
> Vasiṣṭha pointed this out: “In times of Corona, o king,
> even your army should stay at home. So don’t perform a horse 
> sacrifice!”
> 
> 
> Christian Ferstl
> 
> University of Vienna
> 
> 
> Am 08.04.2020 15:52, schrieb Madhav Deshpande:
>> Dear Christian,
>> 
>> सर्वकर्माणि संन्यस्य
>> फलानि सकलानि च ।
>> सर्वकालं गृहस्थोऽहं
>> कोरोनाभयचिन्तया ।।
>> 
>> Having given up all activities and their results, I have become
>> permanently homebound due to concern with the danger of the
>> Coronavirus.
>> 
>> 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 Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:01 AM Christian Ferstl
>> <christian.ferstl at univie.ac.at> wrote:
>> 
>>> एतदाश्चर्यमित्यूचुः
>>> श्रमणा यात्रिणश्चैव ।
>>> यत्संप्रति गृहस्थत्वं
>>> सर्वलोकः समाश्रितः ॥
>>> 
>>> "This is astonishing", said the mendicants and pilgrims,
>>> "that nowadays everyone has become a householder!"
>>> 
>>> Christian Ferstl
>>> 
>>> Am 07.04.2020 15:14, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>>>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>>>> 
>>>> कोरोनां भीषणां दृष्ट्वा
>>>> लङ्कां त्यक्त्वा बिभीषण:
>>> ।
>>>> 
>>>> रामेण सहितोऽयोध्यां
>>>> प्रायात् सोऽपि विचक्षण:
>>> ।।
>>>> 
>>>> Seeing the frightening Corona, the wise Bibhishana, leaving Lanka,
>>>> also went to Ayodhya along with 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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