A distraction from the Coronavirus

कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽहं न हरिष्यामि जानकीम् ।

तस्या निर्गमनादूर्ध्वमागमिष्यामि सत्वरम् ।।

Ravana said:

“Scared of contacting the Coronavirus, I will not abduct Sita.  Once it goes away, I will return quickly.”

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]