[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Girish Jha]

Dear colleagues
Whether अश्वयाजि is a ऋषि प्रयोग.If not,it is difficult to derive in my
view.I have not seen this usage.Please clarify.
Girish K.Jha

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020, 21:29 Jan E.M. Houben via INDOLOGY, <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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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>>
>> *Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*
>>
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