I cannot, O dear husband, remember a single instance of your having done me an injury! Widows, even when they are mothers of many children, are still miserable! Bereft of husband, a woman becomes helpless and an object of pity to her friends.
सर्वापि विधवा नारी बहुपुत्रापि शोचते॥ शोच्या भवति बन्धूनां पतिहीना तपस्विनी।