[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) › 4.29 # Nagananda 4.29 Nāgānanda 4.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29) nāgānāṃ rakṣitā bhāti gurureṣa yathā mama / tathā sarpāśinākāṅkṣāṃ vyaktamadyāpaneṣyati // > Garuda (seizing the hero). > Although this protector of the Snakes seems to me more like a human being, still verily he shall satiate to-day my hunger for snake-flesh. So I will take him and ascend the Malayan mountain, there to eat him at my pleasure. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World ### [4.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29.p1) iti caturtho 'ṅkaḥ / ### [4.29.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29.p2) pañcamo 'ṅkaḥ ### [4.29.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29.p3) pratīhāraḥ- ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.4.p110) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.29) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.29) · Pramāṇa