Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 1.32

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगा: सुखानि च त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च

na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni cha ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni cha

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Arjuna tells Kṛiṣhṇa he wants neither victory, nor kingdom, nor the pleasures that come with it — because the very people a kingdom is meant to be enjoyed with are the ones standing opposite him, ready to give up their lives for it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A victory that empties out everyone you'd share it with is not really a victory at all.