[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) › 3.17 # Nagananda 3.17 Nāgānanda 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.17) svaśarīramapi parārthe yaḥ khalu dadyādayācitaḥ kṛpayā / rājyasya kṛte sa kathaṃ prāṇivadhakrauryamanumanute // > Jímútaváhana (to himself, covering his ears). > Ah! how cruelly he speaks! However, let it pass. (Aloud.) O Mitrávasu! what is all this? Even something more than this might be possible for you, with such strong arms. But how should I, a man who through pity, though unasked, would give up his own body for the sake of another, permit the cruelty of destroying life for the sake of a kingdom? For my part, I can conceive no enemy except the Kleśas. If, then, you would please me, pity that poor wretch, who, for the sake of kingly power, has become a slave to the Kleśas. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.18) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.3.p119) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (3) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.3.17) — Sanskrit - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c13.s4.23) — A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.48) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.17) · Pramāṇa