[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) › 5.11 # Nagananda 5.11 Nāgānanda 5.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.11) vidyādhareṇa kenāpi karuṇāviṣṭacetasā / mama saṃrakṣitāḥ prāṇā dattvātmānaṃ garutmatte // > Śankhachúda. > Hear it, then. I am a Nága, Śankhachúda by name. I was sent by Vásuki, as a meal for Garuda. But why waste time in words? Even as we talk, perhaps these tracks of drops of blood mingled with dust are disappearing. I will therefore tell it in a breath. By a certain Vidyádhara, whose mind was full of compassion, my life has been preserved. He has given himself up to Garuda. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.10) - [Next: 5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.12) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5) ## Translations (1) - [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.5.p37) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.11) · Pramāṇa