हा हेति भूपा मुनिपुंगवाश्च
सर्वे विलेपुः सहभृत्यलोकाः ।
सीते वृथा वै वयमागताः स्मः
न स्पर्शनीयौ तव पादपद्मौ ॥

"Ah!" all the kings and the most eminent sages together with their
servants were wailing, "o Sita, we have come entirely in vain, your
lotus-like feet may not be touched!"

Christian Ferstl



Am 04.04.2020 15:46, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
> 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]
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