Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 8
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्
यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād
yacchokam-ucchoṣaṇam-indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāvasapatnam-ṛddham
rājyaṃ surāṇām-api cādhipatyam – 2.8
I do not see anything to redress the sorrow scorching my senses. Gaining unrivalled kingship on earth or lordship over gods above, will be of no avail to me.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 8
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Arjuna still felt impelled to specify what he desperately needed! As grief was scorching his body and mind, unless he is cooled, he could not think of wielding weapons.
He, however, adds: “Tempt me not with regaining the prosperous kingdom by winning the war, or attaining the highest heaven by dying in the battle. Both are possibilities only if I can stand up and fight, which I am unable to.”
Arjuna clearly denounces the religious reward of heaven, signifying that the dialogue is not religious at all. He needs emergent relief for his distress, here and now.
