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# Nagananda 3.14

Nāgānanda 3.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.14)

anihatya taṃ sapatnaṃ kathamiva jīmūtavāhanasyāham /  
kathayiṣyāmi hṛtaṃ tava rājyaṃ rīpuṇeti nirlajjaḥ? //

> Mitrávasu.  
> Whilst that enemy is still unslain, how can I without a sense of shame say to Jímútaváhana, "Your kingdom is seized by an enemy?" Still, it is not right to go without informing him. So I will tell him and then go. O prince! Mitrávasu salutes you.  
> — 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.3.p110) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.3.14) — Sanskrit
- [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.45) — Harṣa, Sanskrit

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