[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Or, to be preferred metrically:
रक्षिताः संवृताश्चैवेत्यश्वयाजेरसंभवः ॥

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 17:32, Jan E.M. Houben <jemhouben at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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*
>
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>
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