A distraction from the Coronavirus

कोरोनाविप्लवाक्रान्तं लङ्काद्वीपं निरीक्ष्य स: ।
किंकर्तव्यतया मूढो युद्धं तत्याज रावण: ।।

Seeing the island of Lanka being overwhelmed by the danger of the Coronavirus, confused as to what course to take, Ravana abandoned the battle.

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]