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?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
कामं नयतु मां देवः किमर्धेनात्मनो हि मे । दीनेन जीवता दुःखमनेन विधुरायुषा
kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kimardhenātmano hi me | dīnena jīvatā duḥkhamanena vidhurāyuṣā
SB 7.2.54