[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) › 3.4-5 # Nagananda 3.4-5 Nāgānanda 3.4-5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.4) dṛṣṭā dṛṣṭimadho dadāti kurute nālāpamābhāṣitā śayyāyāṃ parivṛtya tiṣṭhati balādāliṅgitā vepate / niryantīṣu sakhīṣu vāsabhavanānnirgantumevehate jātā vāmatayaiva me 'dya sutarāṃ prityai navoḍhā priyā // > When looked upon, she casts down her eye; when addressed, she makes no reply; on the couch, she remains turned away; when excessively embraced, she trembles; when her friends leave the room, she too wishes to go out: through the very perversity of her behaviour my newly-married love is still more to my liking. (Looking at Malayavatí.) O beloved Malayavatí, a vow of silence was kept by me, though accustomed to answer in haughty tones; this body of mine was bathed in the rays of the sun and moon, and in the flames of forest fires; and I was rapt in total abstraction of mind for many days and nights. Surely the fruit of all that penance is, that I now behold this face of thine. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.5) huṅkāraṃ dadatā mayā prativaco yanmaunamāsevitaṃ yad dāvānaladīptibhistanuriyaṃ candrātapaistāpitā / dhyātaṃ yat subahūnyanamanasā naktandināni priye ! tasyaitat tapasaḥ phalaṃ mukhamidaṃ paśyāmi yatte 'dhunā // ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.3.p64) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (3) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.3.4) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.46.76) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.36) — Harṣa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c13.s4.36) — Keith 1924, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.4-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.4-5) · Pramāṇa