This is wonderful! Here’s another one:

पत्त्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि कोरोनामुक्तः ॥

Who offers to me with devotion,

A leaf, a flower, fruit, or water.

I accept that, offered with devotion,

From one who is free from the Coronavirus.

(based on Bhagavad Gītā 9.26)

Best wishes,

Zoë

On Apr 27, 2020, at 9:13 AM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

A distraction from the Coronavirus

केशैर्विहीनानि शिरांसि येषाम्

किं नापितै: कार्यमिहास्ति तेषाम् ।

न स्पर्शभीतिर्न धनव्ययो वा

खल्वाटवन्त: खलु भाग्यवन्त: ।।

Those who have no hair on their heads, what purpose do they have with barbers. They have no fear of contracting the Coronavirus, nor any expenditures. The bald people are really fortunate.

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]

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