[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) › 5.23 # Nagananda 5.23 Nāgānanda 5.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.23) viluptaśeṣāṅgatayā prayātān nirāśrayatvādiva kaṇṭhadeśam / prāṇāṃstyajantaṃ tanayaṃ nirīkṣya kathaṃ na pāpaḥ śatadhā vrajāmi // > King (to himself, with tears). > Why do I not burst into a hundred pieces through sorrow, as I behold my son giving up his life, which, the rest of his body being destroyed, has retreated to his throat as to its last remaining stronghold? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.22) - [Next: 5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.24) - [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.p113) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.23) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.2.68) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.23) · Pramāṇa