A distraction from the Coronavirus

निरीक्ष्य पृथिवीं सर्वां कोरोनाभयविप्लुताम् ।

अन्तरिक्षं समाश्रित्य ध्रुवस्तिष्ठति शङ्कित: ।।४४।।

Noticing that the earth was overwhelmed with the danger of the Coronavirus, the scared Dhruva [the pole star] sits in the space.

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]