Hope springs eternal!

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, émérite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

Numata Visiting Pro
fessor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
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Subject: [INDOLOGY] A distraction from Coronavirus
 
A distraction from Coronavirus

दृशापि स्पृश मां मा त्वं तिष्ठ दूरं वरानने ।
कोरोनानिर्गमादूर्ध्वं मीलनं नौ भविष्यति ।।

O Beautiful Lady, please stay away and do not touch me even with your glances. We shall get together after the Coronavirus goes 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]