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Nagananda 5.24

Nāgānanda 5.24

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Sanskrit

5.24

medosthimāṃsamajjāsṛksaṅghāte 'smiṃstvacāvṛte /
śarīranāmni kā śobhā sadā bībhatsadarśane? //

Jímútaváhana.
O mother, not so indeed. What harm has been done by him? Was it not in reality just the same before? See. What beauty can there be in a body, loathsome to the sight, and consisting of blood, marrow, flesh, bones, and fat, covered in by skin?

Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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