न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām |avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam ||
- न · na
- not
- हि · hi
- indeed, for
- प्रपश्यामि · prapaśyāmi
- I see, foresee
- मम · mama
- my
- अपनुद्यात् · apanudyāt
- would dispel, remove
- यत् · yat
- which
- शोकम् · śokam
- grief, sorrow
- उच्छोषणम् · ucchoṣaṇam
- drying up, withering
- इन्द्रियाणाम् · indriyāṇām
- of the senses
- अवाप्य · avāpya
- even gaining
- भूमौ · bhūmau
- on earth
- असपत्नम् · asapatnam
- without rivals
- ऋद्धम् · ṛddham
- prosperous, rich
- राज्यम् · rājyam
- kingdom
- सुराणाम् · surāṇām
- of the gods
- अपि · api
- even
- च · ca
- and
- आधिपत्यम् · ādhipatyam
- sovereignty, lordship
“For I see nothing that could dispel this grief which withers my senses — not even unrivalled, prosperous kingship on earth, nor sovereignty over the gods.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna has outgrown every bribe existence offers: earth unchallenged, heaven itself — nothing touches inward grief. It is the classic crisis of the spiritual seeker: the world cannot cure what the world did not cause.
— Reader's notes (original)