The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 196

तानेवाहं न पश्यामि मित्रादींस्तात मा क्रुधः ।साध्याभावे महाबाहो साधनैः किं प्रयोजनम् ॥

In plain words

Those very people — friends and all the rest — I no longer see them, dear one; don't be angry with me. When the thing to be gained is gone, mighty-armed one, what are the means for?

Close to the Sanskrit

Those very ones — friends and the rest — I do not see, dear one; do not be angry. In the absence of the goal to be attained, O mighty-armed one, what is the use of the means?