[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) › 4.12 # Nagananda 4.12 Nāgānanda 4.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.12) asyā vilokya manye putrasnehena viklavatvamidam / akaruṇahṛdayaḥ karuṇāṃ kurvīta bhujaṅgaśatrurapi // > Jímútaváhana (with tears). > Alas! the love of offspring! I should think that after seeing this sorrow of hers, arising from affection for her son, even the enemy of the Nágas, whose heart is pitiless, will feel pity. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.11) - [Next: 4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.13) - [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.p77) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.12) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.60) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.12) · Pramāṇa