Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 8
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् । अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām | avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam
Translation
I do not indeed see what can dispel the grief which burns up my senses, even after attaining unrivalled and prosperous dominion on earth or even lordship over gods.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- prapaśyāmi
- (I) see
- mama
- my
- apanudyāt
- may drive away
- yat
- that
- śokam
- grief
- ucchoṣaṇam
- drier-up
- indriyāṇām
- of my senses
- avāpya
- having obtained
- bhūmau
- in the earth
- asapatnam
- unrivalled
- ṛddham
- (a) kingdom
- rājyam
- kingdom
- surāṇām
- of the Suras
- api
- even
- ca
- and
- ādhipatyam
- lordship