[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) › 4.1 # Nagananda 4.1 Nāgānanda 4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.1) antaḥpurāṇāṃ vihitavyavasthaḥ pade pade 'haṃ skhalanāni rakṣan / jarāturaḥ samprati daṇḍanītyā sarvāṃ nṛpasyānukaromi vṛttim // > Chamberlain. > I, who issue commands for the seraglio, who watch for trippings at every step, now, weak through old age, make my resemblance to a king perfect by handling a "danda." > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 3.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.3.18.p3) - [Next: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.2) - [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.p2) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (3) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.17.3) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.50) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.1) · Pramāṇa