O best of men! because mortals are not ordained to die before their appointed time, therefore, it is, that your beloved wife live even a moment after your abandonment of her.
नाकाले विहितो मृत्युर्मानां पुरुषर्षभ। तत्र कान्ता त्वयोत्सृष्टा मुहूर्तमपि जीवति॥