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# Nagananda 2.6

Nāgānanda 2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.2.6)

śaśimaṇiśilā seyaṃ yasyāṃ vipāṇḍuramānanaṃ  
karakisalaye kṛtvā vāme ghanaśvasitodgamā /  
cirayati mayi vyaktākūtā manāk sphuritairbhruvo-  
rviramitamanomanyurdṛṣṭā mayā rudatī priyā //

> Jímútaváhana (sighing, with a tear).  
> It is well guessed. (Pointing to it with his hand.) This is that very moonstone seat on which I saw the loved one; her pale face reclined upon her left shoot-like hand, and her breast heaving with deep sobs. When I delayed to soothe her, her fit of anger passed away; and her slightly-quivering lip and burst of tears betrayed the real state of her feelings. We will sit therefore on this moonstone seat.  
> — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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## Translations (1)

- [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.2.p59) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.2.6) — Sanskrit
- [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.24) — Harṣa, Sanskrit

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