[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) › 4.8.p1 # Nagananda 4.8.p1 Nāgānanda 4.8.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8.p1) mūḍhāyā muhuraśrusantatimucaḥ kṛtvā pralāpān bahūn kastrātā tava putraketi kṛpaṇaṃ dikṣu kṣipantyā dṛśam / aṅke māturavasthitaṃ śiśumimaṃ tyaktvā ghṛṇāmaśnataḥ cañcurnaiva khagādhipasya hṛdayaṃ vajreṇa manye kṛtam/9 // > Jímútaváhana. > Alas! the pitilessness of Garuda. I should think that the heart of the lord of birds must be made of very adamant, if, casting away all pity, he can eat this child in his mother's lap, while she, distracted, utters vain complaints, with tears streaming from her eyes, and, glancing in all directions, pitifully repeats—"My child, who will deliver thee?" > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8) - [Next: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.10) - [Up: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.4.p67) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.8.p1) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.1.58) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8.p1) · Pramāṇa