[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) › 4.2 # Nagananda 4.2 Nāgānanda 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.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 - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.3) - [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.p10) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (6) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.1.p1) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.88.91) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v3.c21.s11.t3.86) — M. Winternitz, German - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.6410) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Outlines of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hiriyanna-1932.c17.s3.2) — M. Hiriyanna, English - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.51) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.2) · Pramāṇa