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Bhagavad Gita 2.8

Chapter 2, verse 8

Meaning

I cannot see anything that would lift this grief from me, a grief that is drying up my senses, not even if I gained a rich, unrivalled kingdom on earth or rule over the gods themselves.

The Sanskrit

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्
यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥ ८ ॥

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād / yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ / rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam

Say it

nuh hi pruh-push-yaa-mi muh-maa-puh-nud-yaad
yuch cho-kum ooch-cho-shuh-num in-dri-yaa-naam
uh-vaap-yuh bhoo-maav uh-suh-put-num rid-dhum
raaj-yum soo-raa-naam uh-pi chaa-dhi-puh-tyum

Word by word

na hi prapaśyāmi
for I do not see
mama apanudyāt
what would drive away from me
yat śokam
that grief
ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
which dries up the senses
avāpya
even after obtaining
bhūmau asapatnam ṛddham
an unrivalled, prosperous (kingdom) on earth
rājyam
a kingdom
surāṇām api ca ādhipatyam
and even sovereignty over the gods
Read it in context: verses 2.5–8I am your student: teach meWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Stop arguing your case and ask to be taught

Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.8 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.