Sāṅkhya Yoga · Verse 8

"न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् | अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्"

"na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām | avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam"

For certainly I do not see what might dispel my grief that dries up the senses, obtaining on earth a prosperous kingdom without rivals, and even sovereignty over the gods

The despair is absolute: na prapaśyāmi (I do not see). No earthly or celestial gain could apanudya (dispel, drive away) this śoka (grief). The grief is ucchoṣaṇam (that which dries up, exhausts) of the indriyāṇi (senses) — impossibility of sensory enjoyment while it persists.

The scale is deliberately absurd: bhūmau (on earth) asapatnam (without rivals) ṛddham (prosperous, abundant) rājyam (kingdom) is not enough. Not even surāṇām api cādhipatyam (sovereignty over the gods, Indra-loka). Arjuna denies the traditional puruṣārtha: artha, kāma, even svarga.

The only possible answer is transcendent: something beyond gain and loss.