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Bhagavad Gita 2.8

Arjuna says no kingdom on earth or lordship over the gods could remove his grief.

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या
द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्॥

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād
yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ
rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam

Translation

Arjuna says he sees nothing that could remove the sorrow drying up his senses, not even a rich kingdom on earth with no rival, nor lordship over the gods.

Hindi

अर्जुन कहते हैं कि उन्हें ऐसा कुछ नहीं दिखता जो उनकी इंद्रियों को सुखा देने वाले इस शोक को दूर कर सके, चाहे पृथ्वी पर निष्कंटक समृद्ध राज्य मिल जाए या देवताओं का आधिपत्य भी।

Commentary

Even the highest reward Arjuna can imagine, rule over the gods, would not cure his grief. This prepares the ground for Krishna's argument that the remedy for sorrow is not found in outer gains but in understanding what a person truly is. The narration returns to Sanjaya in 2.9.

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