Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2- Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 8

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of  The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 8

Nahi prpashyami mama apanudhyat yat shokam udshoshanam indriyanam I

avapya bhumao asapatram rddham rajyam suranam apicha adhipatyam II sloka 8

नहि प्रपश्यामि मम अपनुध्यात यत् शोकं उद्शोषणं इन्द्रियाणां ।

अवाप्य भूमौ  असपत्रं रद्धं राज्यं सुराणां अपिच आधिपत्यं ।। श्लोक ८ 

I do not find any remedy to the grief that parches my senses, though I were to gain unrivalled and prosperous monarchy on earth or even sovereignty over the celestials.

At the outset, Arjuna put forth the argument that the living and departed would be adversely affected if the impending war was waged. But it was only a cloak to hide the depression within himself. When the Lord sympathetically diagnosed his mind, the bare truth came  out.

A young woman in agony hesitates to divulge it to her husband but hastens to unburden it to her mother. In this act she gets relief which is enhanced by the sympathy of the parent. It is but natural for one to open one's distressed mind to another who is full of compassion. Arjuna here is found in the position of the young woman in agony. The relationship between Sri Krishna & Arjuna is unique.   The mother's love, the father's care, the master's discipline, the King's protection and God's grace -  a sweet combination of all these is found in the attitude of Sri Krishna towards Arjuna. Therefore, the latter freely opens his heart and pours out his pitiable case to the benign protector.