[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Alternatively for the second line:
रक्षिताः संवृताश्चैवेत्यश्वक्रतोरसंभवः ॥

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 16:43, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Thanks to
>
> a private note sent by Prof. Eli Franco, I change the last pāda to:
> vājimedho nv asaṃbhavaḥ, or even: hayamedhaṃ nu mā kṛthāḥ, which makes
> Vasiṣṭha's words sound more archaic, doesn't it?
>
>
> Christian
>
> Am 10.04.2020 08:01, schrieb 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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*Jan E.M. Houben*

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

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