A distraction from the Coronavirus

असिनापि न ते कर्णौ नासिकां वा स्पृशाम्यहम् ।

कोरोनानिर्गमादूर्ध्वं पुनरागमनं कुरु ।।

Lakshmana said to Shurpanakha: “O Shurpanakha, I am not going to touch your nose and ears even with my sword.  Come back 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]