A distraction from the Coronavirus

प्रतिगच्छ नरश्रेष्ठ माद्य मां हर माधव ।

कोरोनागमनादूर्ध्वं हर्तुं मामेहि सत्वरम् ।।४६।।

Rukmini said to Krishna: “O Krishna, the best among men, don’t carry me away today. Go back.  After the Coronavirus goes away, come back quickly to carry me away.”

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]