[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dániel, what a beautiful verse!

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 Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:27 AM Dániel Balogh via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Apologies for the "ārṣa" usage in my previous one. Perhaps better like
> this:
>
> यस्मिञ्छुद्धमिति प्रसस्नुरुरगाः प्राग्देवमर्त्यास्तथा
> *यच्चेदंतन*लोकजाड्यवशगं 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 people in
> this age—
> 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.
> Daniel
>
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 at 08:31, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>>
>> कोरोनावरणार्थाय मुखावृतिवृताननः ।
>> संगच्छते नु कले ऽस्मिन् दिगम्बरजनो ऽपि किम् ॥
>>
>> Do Digambara Jains also meet with masked faces in order to protect
>> against Corona these days?
>>
>>
>> Christian Ferstl
>>
>> Am 27.04.2020 15:13, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>> > 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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