I found this tongue-in-cheek trick shloka from Dr. Bhaduri's work, and it is infuriating.

On the face of it the translation would be 'Seeing Keshava (Krishna) fall down, Drona was moved to laughter'.

Which is undoubtedly an exceptionally funny, wacky scene to imagine. 😂

However, the correct reading for this shloka would be 'Ke-shavam Patitam Drishtvaa Drono Harsham-upaagatah', which would then be translated as 'Seeing a corpse (shava) floating in water (ka-[e]), the crow (drona) was moved to joy.'

साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनःसाक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः।तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानःतद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम्॥॥

lit. “One who does not know or appreciate Saahitya (literature and poetry), Sangeet (music) or Kalaa (talent in the arts) is an animal in the form of a human, lacking horns and tail. Such a person is condemned to not even be able to eat grass like a common animal, and that is the fate of all such beings.”

Happy birthday to Lord Venkateshwara Balaji of Tirumala-Tirupati!!! Today’s the day the little cutie came down on to Earth to grace us with his Darshan!!! <3 <3 <3

Vina Venkatesham Na Naatho Na Naatha

Sada Venkatesham Smarami Smarami

Hare Venkatesha Praseeda Praseeda

Priyam Venkatesha Prayaccha Prayaccha _/\_

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥

"Whenever there is decay

of righteousness O Bharatha! ,

And a rise of unrighteousness

— Kālidāsa, Abhijñānaśākuntalam (Act 5)

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