A New Sanskrit Verse for the Modern Day Audience

Hari Parshad Das

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Mar 10, 2026, 3:13:00 AM (yesterday) Mar 10

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Dear vidvaj-janas, My Praṇāmas!

Constantly ringing phones present a challenge in almost every sabhā (assembly) that we are invited to speak in. Here is a newly composed Sanskrit verse which requests the audience to switch off their phones before the talk begins:

कालः समस्तभुवनं ग्रसते प्रचण्डो
यः कालमप्यहह नाशयति प्रकामम् ।
सम्पर्कयन्त्रदनुजं तमहो भवन्तः
कुर्वन्तु शान्तमुत निष्क्रियतां नयन्तु ॥ [ वसन्ततिलकम् ]

भाषान्तर :— समस्त लोकों को नष्ट कर देने वाला काल अतिशय प्रचण्ड है । किन्तु अहो ! इस संसार में कोई ऐसा भी है जो काल को भी अत्यधिक मात्रा में नष्ट कर देता है , और वह है — मोबाईल नामक असुर । अतएव हे सभासदों ! आप सब इस असुर को कृपया शान्त (silent) कर दीजिए अथवा निष्क्रिय (switch-off) कर दीजिए । — (हरिपार्षददासः)

[Meter: Vasanta-tilakam]:

kālaḥ samasta-bhuvanaṁ grasate pracaṇḍo
yaḥ kālam apy ahaha nāśayati prakāmam
samparka-yantra-danujaṁ tam aho bhavantaḥ
kurvantu śāntam uta niṣkriyatāṁ nayantu

Translation: The extremely fierce time factor devours all the worlds. Alas! There is an entity however who devours even this time factor to a great degree.

This is the asura that carries the name — mobile phone. O respected members of the audience! Kindly silence this demon, or switch him off.

— (Composed by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa. 01 February 2026)

K S Kannan

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Mar 10, 2026, 5:37:47 AM (yesterday) Mar 10

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Some time ago there was an important prog. at Delhi.

The main speaker said at the outset:

Do you know the one-minute Mobile Magic?

OK, take out your mobile/(All hold it in their hand)/

Just check whether it has enough charge/(They do)

Done?/

Good, now SWITCH OFF the Mobile!/

And that's it!!

(All laugh, but do switch it off, too!)

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Dr. K.S.Kannan D.Litt.

Hon. Prof., Chanakya University, Bangalore.,

Emeritus Prof. and Director, Vishnugupta VishwaVidyapeetham, Gokarna.,

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Chair Professor (Retd.), IIT-Madras.

Member, Advisory Board, "Prof. A K Singh AURO Chair of Indic Studies", AURO University, Surat.
Member, Expert Committee for Review of Criticism of Indian Knowledge Traditions, Central Sanskrit University (under MoE, GoI), Ganganath Jha Campus, Prayagraj.
Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Heritage Science and Technology, IIT Hyderabad.

Nominated Member, Academic Committee, Kavi Kula Guru Kalidasa University, Ramtek.
Member, Academic Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthana.
Academic Director, Swadeshi Indology.
Nominated Member, IIAS, Shimla.

Former Professor, CAHC, Jain University, Bangalore.

Former Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore.

Former Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, The National Colleges, Bangalore.

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