My verse on the language of poetry

प्रणयेन प्रियं कान्ता वक्रोक्तिं भाषते क्वचित् । 

तथा कवि: स्वैर्वाग्बाणैर्मनो विद्ध्यति धीमताम् ।।

Occasionally, a wife uses oblique expressions addressed to her beloved.  Similarly, a poet pierces the mind of the brilliant readers with his word-arrows.

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]