[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) › [Nagananda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda) › 1.7 # Nagananda 1.7 Nāgānanda 1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1.7) tiṣṭhan bhāti pituḥ puro bhuvi yathā siṃhāsane kiṃ tathā? yat saṃvāhayataḥ sukhaṃ tu caraṇau tātasya kiṃ rājake? kiṃ bhukte bhuvanatraye dhṛtirasau bhuktojjhite yā guroḥ? āyāsaḥ khalu rājyamujjhitagurustatrāsti kaścid guṇaḥ? // > Jímútaváhana. > O friend, you speak not well. For, in this world, what is the splendour of one sitting on a throne compared with that of one in attendance on his father? What enjoyment is there to a king such as that of one shampooing his father's feet? What satisfaction in enjoying the whole world, such as in eating a father's leavings? Sovereignty is in fact only a trouble to one who has deserted his father. Is there one good thing in it? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.1.p5) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.1.11) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.6) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.1.7) · Pramāṇa