[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 # Nagananda 4.8 Nāgānanda 4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8) kroḍīkaroti prathamaṃ yadā jātamanityatā / dhātrīva jananī paścāttadā śokasya kaḥ kramaḥ? // > Śankhachúda. > Enough of lamentation. See here—since mortality as the nurse first clasps the new-born child to its bosom, and the mother comes only second—what room is there for sorrow? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World ### [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 ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.4.p42) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (4) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.4.8) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.1.15) — Harṣa, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.1969) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Sūktimuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali.129.12) — Jalhaṇa (Devagiri), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.4.8) · Pramāṇa