SB 11.7.70

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

SB 11.7.69

SB 11.7.71

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 70

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.