[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Christian Ferstl]

A forest scene:

दिष्ट्याहं मानवाद्दूरं  तिर्यग्योनौ वसन्सुखम् ।
कोरोनयास्म्यसंक्रान्तस्  तद्ब्रुवन्नहसच्छुकः ॥

विहङ्गवाचस्त्वशृणोद्वनस्थः
समाजदूरीकरणं निषेव्य ।
पर्यङ्कमाभुज्य च सो ऽनुमेने
तथास्ति हेयः स मनुष्यलोकः ॥

“Fortunately I am far from any human being living happily in the animal 
realm,
not infected by Corona,” the parakeet said and laughed.

A forest hermit heard the bird’s words.
Practicing social distancing
and sitting cross-legged he agreed:
“Yes, the world of mortals must be abandoned.”


इति शम्
Christian Ferstl


Am 19.04.2020 15:34, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
> A distraction from the Coronavirus
> 
> अयि दुष्यन्त राजेन्द्र
> यद्यपि त्वं प्रियोऽसि मे ।
> 
> तथापि त्वं निवर्तस्व
> कोरोनात्र प्रसर्पति
> ।।४५।।
> 
> Shakuntala said to Dushyanta: “O Great King, though I love you,
> please go back. The Coronavirus is spreading here.”
> 
> 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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