Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair · Arjuna said

Bhagavad Gita 1.32 — No wish for victory

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥

na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca | kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā ||

Meaning

Krishna, I do not want victory, nor a kingdom, nor pleasures. Govinda, what use to us is a kingdom, enjoyments or even life itself?

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