[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) › 4.26 # Nagananda 4.26 Nāgānanda 4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.26) saṃrakṣatā pannagamadya puṇyaṃ mayārjitaṃ yatsvaśarīradānāt / bhave bhave tena mamaivamevaṃ bhūyāt parārthaḥ khalu dehalābhaḥ // > Jímútaváhana (with joy). > Through the merit that I gain to-day, by protecting a Nága at the sacrifice of myself, may I still obtain, in succeeding existences, a body to be sacrificed for others! > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.25) - [Next: 4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.27) - [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.p105) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.26) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.2.74) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.26) · Pramāṇa