SB 11.7.70 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सोऽहं शून्ये गृहे दीनो मृतदारो मृतप्रज: ।

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

Synonyms

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.

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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? Pained by separation from my family, I find that life itself has become simply suffering.