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  "name":"SB 7.2.54",
  "h1":"SB 7.2.54",
  "label":"Text 54",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.54",
  "description":"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?"

} —

SB 7.2.54

Text

kāmaṁ nayatu māṁ devaḥ
kim ardhenātmano hi me
dīnena jīvatā duḥkham
anena vidhurāyuṣā

Synonyms

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.

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?