[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) › 5.24 # Nagananda 5.24 Nāgānanda 5.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.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 - [Previous: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.23) - [Next: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.25) - [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.p117) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.24) · Pramāṇa