SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

118 Srimad-Bhagavatam[Canto 7, Ch. 2dinena jivata du/:r.khamanena vidhurii)1.L$iikamam-as He likes; nayatu-let Him take away; mam-me;deva/:1.-the Supreme Lord; kim-what use; ardhena-with half; atmana/:1.-ofthe body; hi-indeed; me-my; dinena-poor; jioota-living;du/:r.kham-in suffering; anena-this; vidhura-aya-having alifetime full of affliction.TRANSLATIONIf 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 withhalf of my body, bereaved by loss of my wife? What shall I gain inthis way?katham tv ajata-paarits tanmatr-hinan bibharmy ahammanda-bhagya/:1. pratianten'Uje me mataram praja/:1.katham-how; tu-but; ajata-paan-who have not grown wings tofly; tan-them; matr-hinan-bereft of their mother; bibharmi-shallmaintain; aham-1; manda-bhagya/:1.-very unfortunate; pratiantetheyawait; n'Uje-in the nest; me-my; mataram-their mother; praja/:1.-babybirds.TRANSLATIONThe unfortunate baby birds, bereft of their mother, are waitingin the nest for her to feed them. They are still very small and havenot yet grown their wings. How shall I be able to maintain them?PURPORTThe bird is lamenting for the mother of his children because themother naturally maintains and cares for the children. Yamaraja,