कामं नयतु मां देव: किमर्धेनात्मनो हि मे । दीनेन जीवता दु:खमनेन विधुरायुषा ॥ ५४ ॥
kamam nayatu mam devah kim ardhenatmano hi me dinena jivata duhkham anena vidhurayusa
- kamam
- as He likes
- nayatu
- let Him take away
- mam
- me
- devah
- the Supreme Lord
- kim
- what use
- ardhena
- with half
- atmanah
- of the body
- hi
- indeed
- me
- my
- dinena
- poor
- jivata
- living
- duhkham
- in suffering
- anena
- this
- vidhura-ayusa
- 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?