[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) › 5.21 # Nagananda 5.21 Nāgānanda 5.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.21) ātmīyaḥ para ityayaṃ khalu kutaḥ satyaṃ kṛpāyāḥ kramaḥ? kiṃ rakṣāmi bahūn kimekamiti te jātā na cintā katham? tārkṣyāttrātumahiṃ svajīvitaparityāgaṃ tvayā kurvatā yenātmā pitarau vadhūriti hataṃ niḥśeṣametatkulam // > 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: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.20) - [Next: 5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.22) - [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.5.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.21) · Pramāṇa