Without my husband, I cannot live for a moment. If you want to eat my husband, it would be better to eat me first, for without my husband I am as good as a dead body.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यद्ययं क्रियते भक्षस्तर्हि मां खाद पूर्वतः । न जीविष्ये विना येन क्षणं च मृतकं यथा
yadyayaṃ kriyate bhakṣastarhi māṃ khāda pūrvataḥ | na jīviṣye vinā yena kṣaṇaṃ ca mṛtakaṃ yathā
SB 9.9.32