[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) › 5.3 # Nagananda 5.3 Nāgānanda 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.3) bhuktāni yauvanasukhāni yaśo 'vakīrṇaṃ rājye sthitaṃ sthiradhiyā caritaṃ tapo 'pi / ślādhyaḥ sutaḥ susadṛśānvayajā snuṣeyaṃ cintyo māya nanu kṛtārthatayādya mṛtyuḥ // > King. > I have enjoyed all the pleasures of youth, and held sway in a kingdom full of glory; I have steadily exercised devotion; my son is of great renown, and my daughter-in-law here is of fitting parentage; now that all my desires are fulfilled, should I not contemplate death? > — Palmer Boyd 1872, Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.4) - [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.p4) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.3) — Sanskrit - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.nagananda.2.80) — Harṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.3) · Pramāṇa