A distraction from Coronavirus -

जिह्वा स्पृशति नास्यं मे नौष्ठावपि परस्परम् ।

मुखमुद्घाट्य तिष्ठामि किमोकारं सदा गदन् ।।

My tongue does not touch the mouth, nor do the lips touch each other.  Should I just sit with an open mouth saying only “O O O O O”?

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]