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Nagananda 4.2

Nāgānanda 4.2

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Sanskrit

4.2

śayyā śādvalamāsanaṃ śuciśilā sadma drumāṇāmadhaḥ
śītaṃ nirjharavāri pānamaśanaṃ kandāḥ sahāyā mṛgāḥ /
ityaprārthitalabhyasarvavibhave doṣo 'yameko vane
duṣprāpārthini yat parārthaghaṭanāvandhyairvṛthā sthīyate //

Jímútaváhana.
A green glade for a couch, a white stone for a seat, a dwelling beneath the trees, the cool water of a cascade for drink, roots for food, the deer for companions,—in the forest which thus abounds in all that one could wish, unsought, there is this one fault, that, through the absence of suppliants, we live there to no purpose, having no opportunity of assisting others.

Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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