प्रथमं मरणं नार्या भर्तुर्वैगुण्यमुच्यते। सुवृत्तः साधुवृत्तायाः संवृत्तस्त्वं ममाग्रतः॥ महदुःखं प्रपन्नाया मग्नायाः शोकसागरे।
prathamaṃ maraṇaṃ nāryā bharturvaiguṇyamucyate| suvṛttaḥ sādhuvṛttāyāḥ saṃvṛttastvaṃ mamāgrataḥ|| mahaduḥkhaṃ prapannāyā magnāyāḥ śokasāgare|
English Meaning
The greatest calamity (that can befall a woman), is said to be the death of her husband. And, possessor of an excellent character, you have departed before me, who have ever trod the path of the righteous; but who have come by a mighty grief and am plunged in a sea of sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)