सोऽहं शून्ये गृहे दीनो मृतदारो मृतप्रज: । जिजीविषे किमर्थं वा विधुरो दु:खजीवित: ॥ ७० ॥
so ’haṁ śūnye gṛhe dīno mṛta-dāro mṛta-prajaḥ jijīviṣe kim arthaṁ vā vidhuro duḥkha-jīvitaḥ
- saḥ aham
- myself
- śūnye
- empty
- gṛhe
- in the house
- dīnaḥ
- wretched
- mṛta-dāraḥ
- my wife dead
- mṛta-prajaḥ
- my children dead
- jijīviṣe
- I should want to live
- kim artham
- for what purpose
- vā
- indeed
- vidhuraḥ
- suffering separation
- duḥkha
- miserable
- jīvitaḥ
- my life
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.