[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) › 2.13 # Nagananda 2.13 Nāgānanda 2.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.13) vṛṣṭayā piṣṭātakasya dyutimiha malaye meyutulyāṃ dadhānaḥ sadyaḥ sindūradūrīkṛtadivasasamārambhasandhyātapaśrīḥ / udūgitairaṅganānāṃ calacaraṇaraṇannūpurahrādahṛdyai- rūdvāhasnānavelāṃ kathayati bhavataḥ siddhaye siddhalokaḥ // > Herald (reciting behind the scenes). > Lending to Mount Malaya a splendour like that of Meru, by reason of the showers of scented powder,—and all at once having the beauty of the mild sunshine of early dawn, through the red-lead dust,—the Siddha-world announces, by the songs of nymphs, rendered delightful by the sounding of their jingling anklets of red gems, that the time for your marriage bathing has arrived, which brings completion of your wishes. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.14) - [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.p144) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.2.12.p1) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.32) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.13) · Pramāṇa