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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 2]
dīnena jīvatā duḥkham anena vidhurāyuṣā
kāmam —as He likes;  nayatu —let Him take away;  mām —me;  devaḥ —the Supreme Lord;  kim —what use;  ardhena —with half;  āt-manaḥ —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?
TEXT 55
कथं त्वजातपक्षांस्तान् मातृहीनान् बिभर्ग्यहम्। मन्दभाग्याः प्रतीक्षन्ते नीडे मे मातरं प्रजाः ॥५५॥
katham tv ajāta-pakṣāṁs tān mātṛ-hīnān bibharmy aham manda-bhāgyāḥ pratīkṣante nīde me mātaraṁ prajāḥ
katham —how;  tu —but;  ajāta-pakṣān —who have not grown wings to fly;  tān —them;  mātṛ-hīnān —bereft of their mother;  bibharmi —shall maintain;  aham —I;  manda-bhāgyāḥ —very unfortunate;  pratīkṣante —they await;  nīde —in the nest;  me —my;  mātaram —their mother;  prajāḥ —baby birds.
TRANSLATION
The unfortunate baby birds, bereft of their mother, are waiting in the nest for her to feed them. They are still very small and have not yet grown their wings. How shall I be able to maintain them?
PURPORT
The bird is lamenting for the mother of his children because the mother naturally maintains and cares for the children. Yamarāja,