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Nagananda 1.16

Nāgānanda 1.16

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Sanskrit

1.16

svargastrī yadi tatkṛtārthamabhavaccakṣuḥsahastra hare-
rnāgī cenna rasātalaṃ śaśabhṛtā śūnyaṃ mukhe 'syāḥ sthite /
jātirnaḥ sakalānyajātijayinī vidyādharī cediyaṃ
syātsiddhānvayajā yadi tribhuvane siddhā prasiddhāstataḥ //

Jímútaváhana (looking longingly).
Friend, who it is, I know not; but this I do know, if she be a goddess, the thousand eyes of Hari have all they can wish. If she be a woman of the Nágas, then, whilst her face is there, the lowest hell is not without its moon. If she be of the Vidyádharas, then our race surpasses all others. If she be born of a family of Siddhas, then in the three worlds are the Siddhas glorious.

Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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