[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) › 5.25 # Nagananda 5.25 Nāgānanda 5.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.25) nityaṃ prāṇābhighātāt prativirama kuru prākkṛtasyānutāpaṃ yatnāt puṇyapravāhaṃ samupacinu diśann sarvasattveṣvabhītim / magnaṃ yenātra nainaḥ phalati pariṇataṃ prāṇihiṃsāsamutthaṃ durgādhe vāripūre lavaṇapalamiva kṣiptamantarhradasya // > Jímútaváhana. > Cease for ever from destroying life; repent of thy former deeds; labour to gather together an unbroken chain of good actions, by inspiring confidence in all living beings; so that this sin, which has its origin in the destruction of living beings, may not ripen to bear fruit, but may be all absorbed in thy merits, as a morsel of salt thrown into the depths of yonder ocean. > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.24) - [Next: 5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.26) - [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.p123) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.25) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.2.20) — Harṣa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c13.s4.27) — Keith 1924, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.25) · Pramāṇa