[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) › 2.12 # Nagananda 2.12 Nāgānanda 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.12) kaṇṭhe hāralatāyogye yena pāśastvayārpitaḥ / gṛhītaḥ sāparādho 'yaṃ kathaṃ te mucyate karaḥ? // > Jímútaváhana. > How should I release your guilty hand, which was caught in the very act of placing a noose on a neck fit only for strings of pearls? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.13) - [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.p121) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.2.12) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.30) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.12) · Pramāṇa