[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Allegorical plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical) › [Jivananda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda) › 5.28 # Jivananda 5.28 Jīvānanda 5.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.28) rājā—pāṇḍo, kiṃ na tvayā śruto matsarātpuravṛttāntaḥ pāṇḍuḥ—śrutaṃ kuṣṭhamukhātpuravṛttāntaṃ viśeṣataḥ śrotumicchāmi rājā—pāṇḍo, śrūyatāṃ matsaramukhāt | tataḥ samucitaṃ pratīkāraṃ vidhāsyasi | matsara, kathaya matsaraḥ— saṃnaddhaiḥ purarakṣaṇe parigataṃ prāṇādibhiḥ pañcabhistattaddeśagataiśca yatnanicayaistadduṣpraveśaṃ puram randhrānveṣitayā kathaṃ kathamapi prāptāḥ sma devājñayā yatrāntarmukhatāmupetya niyataṃ jīvastapo'tapyata - [Previous: 5.26.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.26.p2) - [Next: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.29) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.sivavijaya.srikanthacarita.31.28) — Maṅkha, Sanskrit - [Jīvānanda (Ānandarāya Adhvarin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda-anandaraya-adhvarin.5.28) — Ānandarāya Adhvarin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.28) · Pramāṇa