Shatakatraya 3.21

3.21

dīnā dīna-mukhaiḥ sadaiva śiśukairākṛṣṭa-jīrṇāmbarā
krośadbhiḥ kṣudhitair niranna-vidhurā dṛśyā na ced gehinī |
yācñā-bhaṅga-bhayena gadgada-gala-truṭyad-vilīnākṣaraṃ
ko dehīti vadet sva-dagdha-jaṭharasyārthe manasvī pumān ||

If one's wretched wife were not to be seen, distressed without food, / her worn garment tugged continually by pitiable, hungry, crying children / with forlorn faces, / what high-minded man would say 'Give!' for the sake of his own wretched belly, / with faltering throat and choked, dying syllables out of fear that his begging would be refused?