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Bhagavad Gita 1.32

Arjuna says he wants neither victory, kingdom nor pleasure.

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा॥

na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā

Translation

I do not want victory, Krishna, nor a kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is a kingdom to us, Govinda, or enjoyment, or even life?

Hindi

हे कृष्ण, मुझे न विजय चाहिए, न राज्य, न सुख। हे गोविन्द, हमें राज्य से क्या, भोगों से क्या, या जीवन से भी क्या?

Commentary

Arjuna renounces the very things he has spent his life working toward. Notice the address changes from Keshava to Govinda, "protector of cows and senses", as if he is appealing to Krishna as a friend and shepherd. His reason is given in 1.33.

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