Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: The Path of Understanding
Bhagavad Gita 2.8
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या-
द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्
राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyā- dyacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām | avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddham rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam ||
I do not see what could drive away this grief that is drying up my senses, even if I won an unrivalled and prosperous kingdom on earth, or even lordship over the gods.
Modern context
Arjuna sees that nothing he could gain, not a kingdom without rivals, not even rule over the gods, would cure this grief. That is an important recognition: some suffering cannot be fixed by getting more. It needs understanding, and that is a different kind of remedy.