Nagananda 4.5
Nāgānanda 4.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.5
jihvāsahasradvitayasya madhye naikāpi sā tasya kimasti jihvā /
ekāhirakṣārthamahidviṣe 'dya datto mayātmeti yayā bravīti //
Jímútaváhana.
How well were the snakes defended by their king! Amidst his thousand double tongues was there not one with which he could say, "Myself is given by me this day to save the life of a snake."
Translations (1)
- Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World — Palmer Boyd 1872, English
Linked texts (1)
- Nāgānandanāṭaka — Sanskrit