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# Nagananda 5.34

Nāgānanda 5.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.34)

nijena jīvitenāpi jagatāmupakāriṇaḥ /  
parituṣṭāsmi te vatsa ! jīva jīmūtavāhana //

> Gaurí (addressing Malayavatí).  
> Child, how could I prove untrue? (Going up to the hero, and sprinkling him with water from a water-pot.) I am well pleased with thee, who even at the cost of thy own life would'st benefit the world. Live, Jímútaváhana!  
> — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World

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## Translations (1)

- [Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda~en-boyd.5.p156) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

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