Has not the Śruti said:

avidyāyām antare vartamānāḥ

svayaṃdhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ |

dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā

andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ ||

As it appears from the cascade of poetic performances to which we are exposed here as spectators, it was - alas - uttered in vain.

Am So., 5. Apr. 2020 um 15:26 Uhr schrieb Roland Steiner via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>:

> Please excuse my awkward previous stanza! This version is now
> corrected and improved by Girish K. Jha:
>
> हा हेति भूपा मुनिपुंगवाश्च
> सर्वे विलेपुः सहभृत्यलोकाः ।
> वृथैव सीते वयमागताः स्मो
> न स्पर्शनीये तव पादपद्मे ॥

Just for the indological record (without wanting to encourage or discourage anyone here):
1. padma is also used as a masculine (examples: rāghavaś cintayitvaivam upetya caraṇau pituḥ /
haṃsaḫ padmāv iva navau jagrāha nakhakesarau; or: adya tv atitarāṃ brahman mama bhāgyaviparyayāt /
himenevāhataḫ padmas sampanno haritaẖ kṛśaḥ). 2. The metre in the "original" stanza is a (correct) Upajāti. Now it is a (correct) Indravajrā.

RS

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