BG - 2.8

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्। अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम् राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्।।2.8।।

na hi prapaśhyāmi mamāpanudyād yach-chhokam uchchhoṣhaṇam-indriyāṇām avāpya bhūmāv-asapatnamṛiddhaṁ rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi chādhipatyam

• na - not
• hi - certainly
• prapaśhyāmi - I see
• mama - my
• apanudyāt - drive away
• yat - which
• śhokam - anguish
• uchchhoṣhaṇam - is drying up
• indriyāṇām - of the senses
• avāpya - after achieving
• bhūmau - on the earth
• asapatnam - unrivalled
• ṛiddham - prosperous
• rājyam - kingdom
• surāṇām - like the celestial gods
• api - even
• cha - also
• ādhipatyam - sovereignty

Translation

I do not see that this sorrow that burns up my senses would be removed, even if I were to attain prosperous and unrivaled dominion on earth or lordship over the gods.

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