Bhagavad Gita · 2.8
॥
Devanāgarī
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या-
द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād
yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām |
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṁ
rājyaṁ surāṇām api cādhipatyam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न हिna hiindeed not.
प्रपश्यामिprapaśyāmiI see, I foresee.
ममmamamy.
अपनुद्यात्apanudyātthat which could dispel, that which could drive away.
यत्yatthat which.
शोकम्śokamgrief, sorrow.
उच्छोषणम्ucchoṣaṇamdrying up, withering.
इन्द्रियाणाम्indriyāṇāmthe senses.
अवाप्यavāpyaeven having gained, even having obtained.
भूमौbhūmāuon earth.
असपत्नम्asapatnamunrivaled, without adversaries.
ऋद्धम्ṛddhamprosperous.
राज्यम्rājyamkingdom.
सुराणाम्surāṇāmof the gods (suras), the demigods.
अपि चapi caor even.
आधिपत्यम्ādhipatyamsupreme power, dominion.
Translation
“Indeed I see nothing that could dispel this grief which dries up my senses — not even if I were to gain on earth a prosperous kingdom without a single rival, or even supreme dominion over all the demigods.”
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