There is no doubt these children of tender years, being bereft of me and you, will die as fish (in a tank) when the water is dried up.
तौ च हीनौ मया बालौ त्वया चैव तथाऽऽत्मजौ। विनश्येतां न संदेहो मत्स्याविव जलक्षये॥