Chapter 1 · Verse 32 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.32
Sanskrit
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।
Transliteration
na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā
In plain words
You've been chasing something—a win, a marriage saved, a body healed, a clear purpose—and the chasing itself has become your prison. The lesson for you: the moment you stop measuring your life by what you gain or lose, you discover what you were actually hungry for all along. That hunger can only be fed by truth, not by outcomes.
हिंदी अर्थ
हे कृष्ण, मुझे न तो विजय की इच्छा है और न ही राज्य और सुख की। हे गोविंद, राज्य से या भोग-विलास से मुझे क्या लाभ है जब मेरे प्रियजन युद्ध में मर जाएंगे।
Word by Word
Arjuna has crossed a threshold where worldly victory loses its meaning. In this moment of profound disillusionment, he reveals the deepest longing beneath all seeking: the hunger is not for kingdoms or pleasure, but for truth and right action.
When the mind finally sees through the veil of ambition, it discovers that liberation begins not in gaining more, but in releasing the grip of what we thought we wanted. In our own lives, this verse invites us to ask: what am I truly seeking beneath my desires, and is it worth the cost to my conscience?
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Bhagavad Gita 1.32 — BG 1.32
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