A distraction from the Coronavirus

कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽसौ सचिन्तो मण्डपे वर: ।

चिक्षेप सत्वरं मालां वध्वा: कण्ठेऽतिदूरत: ।।

The worried groom in the wedding hall, scared of the touch of Corona, quickly threw the wedding garland on the neck of the bride from far away.

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]