[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) › 5.30 # Nagananda 5.30 Nāgānanda 5.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.30) gātrāṇyamūni na vahanti sacetanatvaṃ śrātraṃ sphuṭākṣarapadāṃ na diraṃ śrṛṇoti / kaṣṭaṃ nimītilamidaṃ sahasaiva cakṣurhā tāta ! yānti vivaśasya mamāsavo 'mī // > O father, O mother! This is my last salutation. These limbs retain no consciousness—my ear hears no sound, however distinct the articulation—alas! my eye is fast closing—my father, these vital airs are quickly leaving me in my powerlessness—but, "Through the merit that I gain to-day by protecting a Nága at the sacrifice of myself, may I still obtain in succeeding existences a body to be sacrificed for others.” > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.29) - [Next: 5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.31) - [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.p138) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.30) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.other.nagananda-2.2.106) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.30) · Pramāṇa