[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) › 2.11 # Nagananda 2.11 Nāgānanda 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.11) na khalu na khalu mugdhe ! sāhasaṃ kāryamīdṛk vyapanaya karametaṃ pallavābhaṃ latāyāḥ / kusumamapi vicetuṃ yo na manye samarthaḥ kalayati sa kathaṃ te pāśamudbandhanāya? // > Jímútaváhana. > Assuredly no such attempt should be made. O lovely one! remove from the creeper this hand, which vies with it in beauty. How could that hand, which I do not consider strong enough even to gather flowers, grasp a noose to hang yourself with? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.12) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.2.p119) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.2.10.p1) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.26-2) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.11) · Pramāṇa