[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) › 4.20 # Nagananda 4.20 Nāgānanda 4.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.20) samutpasyāmahe mātaryasyāṃ yasyāṃ gatau vayam / tasyāṃ tasyāṃ priyasute ! mātā bhūyāstvameva naḥ // > Śankhachúda. > The time for the approach of Garuda is close at hand. (Goes on his knees before his mother.) O mother, do you now go away. In whatever state we may be born again, mayst thou alone be my mother, O doting one! > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.19) - [Next: 4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.21) - [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.p90) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.20) · Pramāṇa