[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Christian Ferstl]

काव्यामृतरसास्वादो
मे वल्मीकासनाद् वरम् ।
इत्येकाकी निषण्णः श्री-
वाल्मीकेः काव्यमापपौ ॥

For me it is better to relish the nectar of poetry than sitting in an 
anthill.
So, sitting alone, I “drank up” Śrī Vālmīki’s poem.


Christian Ferstl


Am 29.04.2020 08:30, schrieb Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY:
> Kuśa and Lava are asking:
> 
> सामाजिकं नु वल्मीके
> दूरीकरणमाश्रयेत् ।
> कथं वा वर्जनीयो ऽसौ
> कोविडेकोनविंशतिः ॥
> 
> Should one resort to social distancing in an anthill,
> or how can that Covid-19 be avoided?
> 
> 
> Christian Ferstl
> 
> 
> Am 28.04.2020 15:29, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>> 
>> शिरांसि येषां जटिलानि
>> केशै:
>> 
>> किं नापितै: कार्यमिहास्ति
>> तेषाम् ।
>> 
>> न स्पर्शभीतिर्न धनव्ययो
>> वा
>> 
>> जटाधरास्ते खलु भाग्यवन्त:
>> ।।
>> 
>> Those who have matted hair on their heads, what purpose do they have
>> with barbers? They have no fear of contracting the Coronavirus, nor
>> any expenditures. The people with matted hair 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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