न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् | अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ||२-८||
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām . avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam ||2-8||
Chapter 2 · Verse 8
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You are being shown that external wealth and power can never cure deep, internal grief. Even if you gain everything in the material world, it will not satisfy your soul because worldly success is part of maya, the passing illusion. To find lasting peace, you must look beyond material gains and seek jnana, which is true spiritual knowledge.
Translation
2.8 Even if I should win unchallenged sovereignty of a prosperous earth or even the kingdom on lordship over the Devas, I do not feel that it would dispel the grief than withers up my senses.
Meaning
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Word by word
न हि not प्रपश्यामि I see मम my अपनुद्यात् would remove यत् that शोकम् grief उच्छोषणम् drying up इन्द्रियाणाम् of my senses अवाप्य having obtained भूमौ on the earth असपत्नम् unrivalled ऋद्धम् prosperous राज्यम् dominion सुराणाम् over the gods अपि even च and आधिपत्यम् lordship. No