न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्
na hi prapaśhyāmi mamāpanudyād yach-chhokam uchchhoṣhaṇam-indriyāṇām avāpya bhūmāv-asapatnamṛiddhaṁ rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi chādhipatyam
Recitation · Text 2.8
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (18 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Arjuna doubts anything — even an unrivalled kingdom on earth or sovereignty like the celestial gods — could drive away the grief that is drying up his senses. He names the scale of what he thinks would be needed, and doubts it exists.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Arjuna assumes the solution to grief must be something bigger and external — the Gita will argue the opposite.