[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) › 5.18 # Nagananda 5.18 Nāgānanda 5.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.18) āstāṃ svastikalakṣma vakṣasi tanau nālokyate kañcukaḥ jihve jalpata eva me na gaṇite nāma tvayā dve api ! tistrastīvraviṣāgnidhūmapaṭalavyājihyaratnatviṣo naitā duḥsahaśokaśūtkṛtamarutsphītāḥ phaṇāḥ paśyasi ! // > Śankhachúda. > The error is a likely one, forsooth. Not to mention the mark of the Swastika on the breast, are there not the scales on my body? Do you not count my two tongues as I speak? Nor see these three hoods of mine, the compressed wind hissing through them in my insupportable anguish? While the brightness of my gems is distorted by the thick smoke from the fire of my direful poison. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.17) - [Next: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.19) - [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.p69) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.18) · Pramāṇa