Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 54


Sanskrit:

कामं नयतु मां देव: किमर्धेनात्मनो हि मे ।दीनेन जीवता दु:खमनेन विधुरायुषा ॥ ५४ ॥

ITRANS:

kāmaṁ nayatu māṁ devaḥkim ardhenātmano hi medīnena jīvatā duḥkhamanena vidhurāyuṣā

Translation:

If unkind Providence takes away my wife, who is half my body, why should He not take me also? What is the use of my living with half of my body, bereaved by loss of my wife? What shall I gain in this way?

Purport: