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Nagananda 5.16

Nāgānanda 5.16

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Sanskrit

5.16

śirāmukhaiḥ syandata eva raktamadyāpi dehe mama māṃsabhasti /
tṛptiṃ na paśyāmi tavāpi tāvat kiṃ bhakṣaṇāttvaṃ virato garutman! //

Jímútaváhana.
There is yet flesh in my body, whose blood pours forth from every vein; and you, O magnanimous one, do not seem satiated. Why, then, O Garuda, do you stop eating?

Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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