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ŚB 10.49.20

Devanagari

नेह चात्यन्तसंवास: कस्यचित् केनचित् सह ।
राजन् स्वेनापि देहेन किमु जायात्मजादिभि: ॥ २० ॥

Text

neha cātyanta-saṁvāsaḥ
kasyacit kenacit saha
rājan svenāpi dehena
kim u jāyātmajādibhiḥ

Synonyms

na — not; iha — in this world; ca — and; atyanta — perpetual; saṁvāsaḥ — association (dwelling together); kasyacit — of anyone; kenacit saha — with anyone; rājan — O King; svena — with one’s own; api — even; dehena — body; kim u — what to speak then; jāyā — with wife; ātma-ja — children; ādibhiḥ — and so on.

Translation

In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest.