[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) › 5.16 # Nagananda 5.16 Nāgānanda 5.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.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 - [Previous: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.15) - [Next: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.17) - [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.p62) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.16) · Pramāṇa