A distraction from the Coronavirus -

यदागच्छन्ति ते देवा: दमयन्त्या: स्वयंवरे ।

स्पृशन्ति न तदा भूमिं करोनाभयविह्वला: ।।

When the gods arrive for Damayanti's ceremony of choosing the groom, scared of the Coronavirus they stand above the ground without touching it.

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]