ŚB 11.7.70
Devanagari
सोऽहं शून्ये गृहे दीनो मृतदारो मृतप्रज: ।
जिजीविषे किमर्थं वा विधुरो दु:खजीवित: ॥ ७० ॥
जिजीविषे किमर्थं वा विधुरो दु:खजीवित: ॥ ७० ॥
Verse text
so ’haṁ śūnye gṛhe dīno
mṛta-dāro mṛta-prajaḥ
jijīviṣe kim arthaṁ vā
vidhuro duḥkha-jīvitaḥ
mṛta-dāro mṛta-prajaḥ
jijīviṣe kim arthaṁ vā
vidhuro duḥkha-jīvitaḥ
Synonyms
Translation
Now I am a wretched person living in an empty home. My wife is dead; my children are dead. Why should I possibly want to live? My heart is so pained by separation from my family that life itself has become simply suffering.