A distraction from the Coronavirus - 

दमयन्ती नलं प्राह वरये त्वामहं कथम् ।

कोरोनागमनादूर्ध्वं पुनरायाहि नैषध ।।

Damayanti said to Nala: “O Nala, how can I choose you [for my husband today].  After the Coronavirus goes away, please come back.”

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]