Verset 2.8

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्

यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।

अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं

राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥

2.8

Translittération

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād

yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām |

avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ

rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

I do not see that it would remove this sorrow that burns up my senses, even if I should attain prosperous and unrivalled dominion on earth or lordship over the gods.

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Mot à mot

not
indeed
I see
my
could dispel

which
grief
that dries up
the senses

even gaining
on earth
unrivalled
prosperous

kingdom
of the gods
even
and
lordship

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Arjuna explains why he needs a teacher. His grief is so deep that it dries up his senses, and he can imagine no outer gain that would cure it, not an unrivalled kingdom on earth and not even rule over the gods. The verse rules out the usual rewards of victory as solutions. Whatever Krishna offers will have to address the grief itself, not distract from it with promises of power. This sets the direction of the chapter: the answer will be about understanding and inner steadiness rather than about winning.