A distraction from the Coronavirus

विश्वामित्रो मुनि:  प्राह  मेनकां स नवार्भकाम् ।

कोरोनाभयभीतोऽहं जहामि त्वां  प्रियामपि ।।

The great sage Vishvamitra said to Menaka who had just delivered a baby: “Scared of the danger of the Coronavirus, I am going to abandon you, though I love you.”

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]