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# Nagananda 4.14

Nāgānanda 4.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.14)

mamaitadambārpaya vadhyacihnaṃ prāvṛtya yāvadvinatātmajāya /  
putrasya te jīvitarakṣaṇāya svadehamāhārayituṃ dadāmi //

> Jímútaváhana.  
> Mother, give me this distinguishing badge of a condemned one. I will put it on and offer to the son of Vinatá my own body as food, to save the life of thy son.  
> — 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.p82) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.14) — Sanskrit
- [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.62) — Harṣa, Sanskrit

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