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# Nagananda 5.6

Nāgānanda 5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda.5.6)

tārkṣyeṇa bhakṣyamāṇānāṃ pannagānāmanekaśaḥ /  
ulkārūpāḥ patantyete śiromaṇaya īdṛśāḥ //

> Doorkeeper.  
> O king! do not distress yourself through ignorance of facts. In this place many crest-jewels of the chiefs of the Nágas, who are devoured by Garuda, fall torn off by his beak and claws.  
> — 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.p21) — Palmer Boyd 1872, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nāgānandanāṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nataka.naganandanataka.5.6) — Sanskrit
- [A History of Indian Medical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v1.c26.s17.200) — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English

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