A distraction from the Coronavirus

नापितस्य न हि स्पर्शो नापि तस्य धनव्यय: ।

नापि तस्य शिखा शीर्षे खल्वाटो विशिखो द्विज: ।।

There is no touch by the barber, there is no expenditure, and there is no tuft on his head.  Such is the bald Brahmin without a tuft.

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]