Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingन हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या
द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्
na hi prapaśhyāmi mamāpanudyād
yach-chhokam uchchhoṣhaṇam-indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv-asapatnamṛiddhaṁ
rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi chādhipatyam
Triṣṭubh (u I u I)
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaFor I do not see anything that, even after acquiring on this earth a prosperous kingdom free from enemies and even sovereignty over the gods, can remove my sorrow that is blasting the senses.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
पृथ्वी पर निष्कण्टक समृद्ध राज्य को और देवताओं के स्वामित्व को प्राप्त होकर भी मैं उस उपाय को नहीं देखता हूँ, जो मेरी इन्द्रियों को सुखाने वाले इस शोक को दूर कर सके।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiन हिप्र पश्यामि ममाप नुद् यात्
यच् छोक मुच् छोषण मिन्द्रिया णाम्
अवाप्य भूमा वस पत्न मृद्धम्
राज्यं सुराणा मपि चाधि पत्यम्
॥ ८ ॥
Pāda meters: Upendravajrā, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Indravajrā — I = Indravajrā, u = Upendravajrā, s = Śālinī pāda
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthananot
hicertainly
prapaśhyāmiI see
mamamy
apanudyātdrive away
yatwhich
śhokamanguish
uchchhoṣhaṇamis drying up
indriyāṇāmof the senses
avāpyaafter achieving
bhūmauon the earth
asapatnamunrivalled
ṛiddhamprosperous
rājyamkingdom
surāṇāmlike the celestial gods
apieven
chaalso
ādhipatyamsovereignty
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA2.8What, says Arjuna, could not remove his grief even if it were won?
For I do not see anything that, even after acquiring on this earth a prosperous kingdom free from enemies and even sovereignty over the gods, can remove my sorrow that is blasting the senses.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.