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# Nagananda 4.13

Nāgānanda 4.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.13)

mahāhimastiṣkavibhedamuktaraktacchaṭācarccitacaṇḍacañcuḥ /  
kvāsau garutmān kva ca nāma saumyasvabhāvarūpākṛtireṣa sādhuḥ? //

> Śankhachúda.  
> O mother, away with your fear, this is not the enemy of the Nágas. See the difference between this holy one, whose appearance indicates a beauteous nature, and Garuda, with his fierce beak smeared with clots of blood, which have dropped whilst he was piercing the brains of the mighty Nágas.  
> — 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.4.p78) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.13) — Sanskrit
- [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.61) — Harṣa, Sanskrit

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