[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) › 5.20 # Nagananda 5.20 Nāgānanda 5.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.20) svaśarīreṇa śarīraṃ tārkṣyāt parirakṣatā madīyamidam / yuktaṃ netuṃ bhavatā pātālatalādapi talaṃ mām? // > Śankhachúda. > Is it not a time for excessive trouble? If my body were preserved from Garuda by the sacrifice of thine, verily it were right that thou shouldst hurl me to a depth lower than the deepest hell. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.19) - [Next: 5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.21) - [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.p75) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.20) · Pramāṇa