A distraction from the Coronavirus

स्वयंवरे  वधूराह वरये कमहं कथम्  ।

स्पर्शभीतिर्यदा सर्वं परिवेष्ट्य जगत् स्थिता ।।

At the ceremony of choosing a husband, the bride said: "How can I choose anyone, when the fear of touch is encircling the whole world?"

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]