[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) › 4.7 # Nagananda 4.7 Nāgānanda 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.7) sarvāśucinidhānasya kṛtaghnasya vināśinaḥ / śarīrakasyāpi kṛte mūḍhāḥ pāpāni kurvate ! // > Jímútaváhana. > Wonderful! Fools commit sin even for the sake of a worthless body, which soon perishes, is ungrateful, and is a store-house of all uncleanness. Well, this destruction of the Nágas will assuredly bring some judgment. (To himself.) Would that, by giving up my own body, I might save the life of a single Nága! > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.6) - [Next: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8) - [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.p26) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (5) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.88.124) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.6946) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c13.s4.42) — A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.56) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.7) · Pramāṇa