Thanks, Dániel,

for the suggestion which came in exactly while I was improving the
stanza.
Applause for your śikhariṇī stanza, shabash!

Best
Christian


Am 01.04.2020 10:03, schrieb Dániel Balogh via INDOLOGY:
> Good one, Christian. May I suggest निश्चयः instead of
> प्रत्ययः so you avoid the pr licence?
>
> Correcting the silly mistake in my previous one:
> तत्क्षणात्.
> And trying a slightly more ambitious one:
>
> निराशो ऽभूत्कृष्णो
> व्रजयुवतिवृण्दापरिवृतः
>
> सभायां शून्यायां किमिव
> करणीयं सुरपतेः।
>
> विकारं यातं
> धिग्जगदखिलमेकस्त्वविकृतः
>
>
> यथापूर्वं ह्यास्ते
> शिखरिशिखरे स्थाणुरजने॥
>
> Krishna is depressed, because he is not surrounded by a flock of Braj
> girls. Whatever can Indra do with the assembly hall empty? Damn this
> whole world in its sorry state - but one is unchanged: as ever, Shiva
> remains on his unpeopled mountaintop.
>
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 08:46, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY
> <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Excellent proof for the pureness of Sita:
>>
>>
> कोरोणाव्याध्यसंक्रान्ता
>> सीतादेवी निरामया ।
>> तन्न स्पृष्टा हि
>> लङ्कायाम् इति रामस्य
>> प्रत्ययः ॥
>>
>> Sita was well and not infected by the Corona virus,
>> so she was surely not touched in Lanka - this was Ramas conviction.
>>
>> Christian
>>
>> Am 01.04.2020 00:48, schrieb Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY:
>>> सुभाषितमेव
>>>
>>>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 4:23 PM, Joanna Jurewicz via INDOLOGY
>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I agree! Excellent!
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz
>>>> Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
>>>> Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
>>>> Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
>>>> ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
>>>> 00-927 Warszawa , Poland
>>>> Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
>>>> College of Human Sciences
>>>> UNISA
>>>> Pretoria, RSA
>>>> Member of Academia Europaea
>>>> https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz
>>>>
>>>> wt., 31 mar 2020 o 14:26 Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> napisał(a):
>>>>
>>>> Excellent verses, Christian and Dániel.
>>>>
>>>> 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]
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 12:16 AM Dániel Balogh via INDOLOGY
>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OK, can't resist getting on the bandwagon.
>>>> A little continuation to Christian's excellent earlier one about
>>>> Damayantī's svayaṃvara.
>>>>
>>>> देवो वा मनुजो वेति
>>>> च्छन्ने वक्त्रे
>>>> किमन्तरम्।
>>>> दृष्टेरनिमिषायास्तु
>>>> विजानीमहि तत्क्षणाद्॥
>>>>
>>>> "God or man? What's the difference when their face is covered?"
>>>> "But we can tell right away by their unblinking gaze."
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 08:53, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY
>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>> Here's an other one with a face mask:
>>>>
>>>> कोरोणाया भयात्सीता
>>>> पद्मदलमुखावृतिः ।
>>>> सुवर्णमृगमेवैच्छच्
>>>> चीनपैंगोलिनं न तु ॥
>>>>
>>>> Out of fear of the Corona virus Sita, wearing a lotus leaf face
>>>> mask,
>>>> wanted a golden deer - not a Pangolin from China.
>>>>
>>>> Christian Ferstl
>>>>
>>>> Am 30.03.2020 22:58, schrieb Joanna Jurewicz:
>>>>> Oh, I love this with mask, Christian. Frankly speaking, I enjoy
>>>> all of
>>>>> them.
>>>>>
>>>>> And I am amazed by the discussion these poems incited.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, this is a perennial problem: Is poetry is free from rules
>> or
>>>>> not? Is there room for any innovation? For bold breaking rules?
>>>>>
>>>>> With best wishes to all,
>>>>>
>>>>> 3.062.14a     sómo asmábhyaṃ dvipáde
>>>>> 3.062.14b     cátuṣpade ca paśáve
>>>>> 3.062.14c     anamīvā́ íṣas karat
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not dare to compose the poems in Sanskrit. The only
>>>> language I
>>>>> can do that is Polish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joanna
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz
>>>>>
>>>>> Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
>>>>>
>>>>> Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
>>>>>
>>>>> Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
>>>>>
>>>>> ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
>>>>>
>>>>> 00-927 Warszawa , Poland
>>>>>
>>>>> Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
>>>>>
>>>>> College of Human Sciences
>>>>>
>>>>> UNISA
>>>>>
>>>>> Pretoria, RSA
>>>>>
>>>>> Member of Academia Europaea
>>>>>
>>>>> https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz
>>>>>
>>>>> pt., 27 mar 2020 o 08:09 Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY
>>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> napisał(a):
>>>>>
>>>>>> Face masks would indeed be a problem at Damayantī's
>>>> svayaṃvara:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> वरागतानां देवानां
>>>>>> दमयन्त्याः स्वयंवरे ।
>>>>>> न विशेषो ऽभवत् तेषां
>>>>>> मुखचन्द्रकछादनात् ॥
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the gods were the same to Damayantī anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Christian Ferstl
>>>>>> University of Vienna
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 26.03.2020 23:21, schrieb Valerie Roebuck:
>>>>>>> Dear talented colleagues
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am enjoying these topical verses so much. If only we had a
>>>>>>> miniaturist who could portray these scenes, perhaps with the
>>>> hero
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> heroine wearing face masks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Valerie Roebuck
>>>>>>> Manchester, UK
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 26 Mar 2020, at 19:59, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
>>>>>>>> <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 👏👏👏
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM Christian Ferstl
>>>>>>>> <christian.ferstl@univie.ac.at> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And Arjuna says to Draupadi --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> करो न स्पर्शतु ह्यद्य
>>>> तव
>>>>>>>>> पद्मोपमं करम् ।
>>>>>>>>> करोनाख्यातरक्षो ऽसौ
>>>>>>>>> कामदेवेन हन्यताम् ॥
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Today my hand must not touch your lotus-like hand.
>>>>>>>>> That demon called Corona must be killed by the God of Love!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It seems I'm kind of infected by Prof. Deshpande's
>>>> karona-kāvya
>>>>>>>>> virus.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Christian Ferstl
>>>>>>>>> University of Vienna
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am 26.03.2020 15:23, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>>>>>>>>>> Draupadi says to Arjuna -
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> मत्स्यं मा विद्ध्य
>>>>>>>>>> कोन्तेय भविता न
>>>>>> स्वयंवर:
>>>>>>>>> ।
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>> कोरोनानिर्गमादूर्ध्वं
>>>>>>>>>> पुनरायाहि सत्वरम् ।।
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> O Arjuna, don’t shoot the fish [with your arrow, to prove
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> are the best archer], since the ceremony of choosing the
>>>> groom
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>> not be happening. After the Coronavirus goes away, please
>>>> come
>>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>>> 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]
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