[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) › 4.11 # Nagananda 4.11 Nāgānanda 4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.11) ārtta kaṇṭhagataprāṇaṃ parityaktaṃ svabandhubhiḥ / trāye nainaṃ yadi tataḥ kaḥ śarīreṇa me guṇaḥ // > Jímútaváhana (dolefully). > If I do not protect this wretched one, who is at the very point of death, abandoned by his relations, then what good is there in my body? So I will go up to them. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.12) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.4.p71) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.11) · Pramāṇa