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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Arjuna

Bhagavad Gita 2.8: Na hi prapashyami

Arjuna says he sees nothing that could take away the grief that is drying up his senses.

Bhagavad Gita 2.8

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममा­प­नु­द्या­द्य­च्छो­क­मु­च्छो­ष­ण­मि­न्द्रि­या­णा­म् ।अवाप्य भू­मा­व­स­प­त्न­मृ­द्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥

Na hi pra­pash­ya­mi ma­ma­pa­nud­yad­yachchho­ka­muchchho­sha­na­mind­ri­ya­nam
Avapya bhu­ma­va­sa­pat­nam­rid­dham rajyam suranamapi cha­dhi­pat­yam

na hi prapaśyāmi ma­mā­pa­nud­yād­yac­cho­ka­muc­cho­ṣa­ṇa­mind­ri­yā­ṇām |
avāpya bhū­mā­va­sa­pat­na­mṛd­dhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cā­dhi­pat­yam ||

Our meaning Arjuna says he sees nothing that could take away the grief that is drying up his senses. Not a rich kingdom on earth with no rival, and not even rule over the gods.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि उन्हें ऐसा कुछ नहीं दिखता जो उनके उस शोक को दूर कर दे जो उनकी इंद्रियों को सुखा रहा है — न धरती का समृद्ध और निष्कंटक राज्य, न देवताओं पर स्वामित्व।

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  1. न na not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 ind. not, no, nor, neither
  2. हि hi for, indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 for, because, on account of
  3. प्रपश्यामि prapaśyāmi "I see" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: pra-paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 682, col. 2 look at, observe, behold
  4. मम mama "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number
  5. अपनुद्यात् apanudyāt could drive away (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: apa-nud, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 49, col. 3 to remove
  6. यत् yat what (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
  7. शोकम् śokam grief (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: śoka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1091, col. 1 sorrow, affliction, anguish, pain, trouble, grief
  8. उच्छोषणम् ucchoṣaṇam drying up (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: uc-choṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 174, col. 1 making dry, parching
  9. इन्द्रियाणाम् indriyāṇām of the senses (noun (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense
  10. अवाप्य avāpya having gained (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: avāp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 107, col. 1 to reach, attain, obtain, gain, get
  11. भूमौ bhūmau on earth (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: bhūmi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 1 the earth, soil, ground
  12. असपत्नम् asapatnam without a rival (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-sapatna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 119, col. 1 without a rival or adversary, undisturbed
  13. ऋद्धम् ṛddham rich, prosperous (past participle (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ṛddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 226, col. 1 increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant, wealthy
  14. राज्यम् rājyam kingdom (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: rājya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 875, col. 1 kingdom, country, realm
  15. सुराणाम् surāṇām of the gods (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 a god, divinity, deity
  16. अपि api even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 in the sense of even, also, very
  17. च ca and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as
  18. आधिपत्यम् ādhipatyam lordship (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ādhipatya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 138, col. 3 supremacy, sovereignty, power

Public-domain translations

Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 43.

For I do not perceive what is to dispel that grief which will dry up my organs1 after I shall have obtained a prosperous kingdom on earth without a foe, or even the sovereignty of the gods2.

  1. I. e. by the heat of vexation; the meaning is, 'which will cause constant vexation of spirit.' ↩
  2. I. e. if the means employed are the sinful acts referred to. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 43, scan leaf n56). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 43.

For I do not perceive what is to dispel that grief which will dry up my organs1 after I shall have obtained a prosperous kingdom on earth without a foe, or even the sovereignty of the gods2.

  1. I. e. by the heat of vexation; the meaning is, 'which will cause constant vexation of spirit.' ↩
  2. I. e. if the means employed are the sinful acts referred to. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 43, scan leaf n56). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 26.

For I see not that it would drive away this anguish that withers up my senses, if I should attain monarchy on earth without a foe, or even the sovereignty of the Gods.

English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 26, scan leaf n32). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 28–29.

I do not see anything to remove this sorrow which blasts my senses, even were I to obtain unrivalled and flourishing dominion over the earth, and mastery over the gods.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 28–29, scan leaf n43–n44). Shown verbatim.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes

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Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 2.8?

Arjuna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. See the source

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Sanskrit text
The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
Translation
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Translation
The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Sanskrit text
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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