Sankhya Yoga
Chapter 2, Verse 8
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād
yacchokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv-asapatnam-ṛddham
rājyaṁ suraṇām api cādhipatyam
Even if I should attain rich and unrivalled kingdoms on Earth or even the sovereignty of the gods, it would not take from me this sorrow that dries up my senses.
Here Arjuna asks, “What am I doing in this battle where I will gain only earthly things? Even if I attain ‘sovereignty of the Gods’, lordship over the Gods, and become like Indra, that will not remove this grief, which is drying up my senses. Please Lord, help me! Remove this grief! Give me everlasting happiness and bliss. That’s what I’m longing for. I’m not longing for material gain and I’m not longing for Heaven. I long to hear You. I long to be out of Maya. I want to be free from this delusion.”
Bhagavad Gita