A distraction from the Coronavirus

प्रसन्नं कमलाकान्तमब्रवीद् ध्रुवबालक: ।

स्थिरां देहि स्थितिं देव कोरोना यत्र न स्पृशेत् ।।४०।।

The child Dhruva said to Lord Vishnu who was pleased with him: “O Lord, give me such a firm position where Corona will not touch me.” [Dhruva became the Pole Star.]

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]