[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) › 4.5 # Nagananda 4.5 Nāgānanda 4.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.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." > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.4) - [Next: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.6) - [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.p24) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.5) · Pramāṇa