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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.2.54

కామం నయతు మాం దేవ: కిమర్ధేనాత్మనో హి మే । దీనేన జీవతా దు:ఖమనేన విధురాయుషా ॥ ౫౪ ॥
kāmaṁ nayatu māṁ devaḥ
[kaamam nayatu maam devah]
kim ardhenātmano hi me
[kim ardhenaatmano hi me]
dīnena jīvatā duḥkham
[deenena jeevataa duhkham]
anena vidhurāyuṣā
[anena vidhuraayushaa]
kāmam — as He likes nayatu — let Him take away mām — me devaḥ — the Supreme Lord kim — what use ardhena — with half ātmanaḥ — of the body hi — indeed me — my dīnena — poor jīvatā — living duḥkham — in suffering anena — this vidhura-āyuṣā — having a lifetime full of affliction.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kāmaṁ nayatu māṁ devaḥ
kāmam
as He likes
nayatu
let Him take away
mām
me
devaḥ
the Supreme Lord
kim ardhenātmano hi me
kim
what use
ardhena
with half
ātmanaḥ
of the body
hi
indeed
me
my
dīnena jīvatā duḥkham
dīnena
poor
jīvatā
living
duḥkham
in suffering
anena vidhurāyuṣā
anena
this
vidhura-āyuṣā
having a lifetime full of affliction.
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?
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Let the Lord take me also. What is the use of this miserable half of my body, even if it lives a long time, since it will only experience suffering?
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