Markandeyapurana 23.8

23.8

sa bhāryāṃ tāṃ mṛtāṃ śrutvā hṛdayeṣṭāṃ madālasām /
pitarau ca puro dṛṣṭvā lajjāśokābdhimadhyagaḥ //

On hearing that his wife Madālasā, the darling of his heart, was dead, and seeing his parents before him, he fell into the midst of a sea of shame and grief. He thought, “The maiden, on hearing I was dead, gave up life, the virtuous one: fie on me harsh-minded that I am! Malignant am I, worthless am I, that I live most pitiless, when deprived of that deer-eyed one who encountered death for my sake!” Again he thought, having firmly composed his mind, banishing hastily the rising distraction, and breathing hard outwards and inwards, feeling undone.