[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Dániel Balogh]

Perhaps a little bit sensitive, but I hear the Ganga is much cleaner now.

यस्मिञ्छुद्धमिति प्रसस्नुरुरगाः प्राग्देवमर्त्यास्तथा
यच्चाद्यातनलोकजाड्यवशगं तुल्यं विषेणाभवत्।
संस्तब्धेषु विषाणुना तदधुना विद्वत्सु मूर्खेषु च
चित्रं पश्य सुरापगे परिगतं पेयत्वमम्भस्तव॥

In which serpents, gods and mortals once bathed saying “It is pure!”—
Which has become like poison, helpless against the dumbness of today’s
people—
Now that dumb and wise alike are restrained by a virus,
Look and wonder, Divine River: that water of yours has turned fit to drink.

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 22:30, Jan E.M. Houben via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Same translation but with slightly adjusted (epic) Sanskrit (in view of
> sense and metre):
>
> पत्त्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
> तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमकोरोणाहताद्गिरे ॥
>
> Who offers to me with devotion,
> A leaf, a flower, fruit, or water.
> I accept that, offered with devotion,
> From one who is free from the Coronavirus.
>
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 17:40, Zoe Slatoff via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> This is wonderful! Here’s another one:
>>
>> पत्त्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
>> तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि कोरोनामुक्तः ॥
>>
>> Who offers to me with devotion,
>> A leaf, a flower, fruit, or water.
>> I accept that, offered with devotion,
>> From one who is free from the Coronavirus.
>>
>> (based on *Bhagavad Gītā* 9.26)
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Zoë
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2020, at 9:13 AM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>>
>> केशैर्विहीनानि शिरांसि येषाम्
>> किं नापितै: कार्यमिहास्ति तेषाम् ।
>> न स्पर्शभीतिर्न धनव्ययो वा
>> खल्वाटवन्त: खलु भाग्यवन्त: ।।
>>
>> Those who have no hair on their heads, what purpose do they have with
>> barbers. They have no fear of contracting the Coronavirus, nor any
>> expenditures. The bald people are really fortunate.
>>
>> 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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>
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>
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