Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair

Bhagavad Gita 1.32

na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca | kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā ||

I do not want victory, Krishna, nor a kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is a kingdom to us, Govinda? What use are pleasures, or even life?

Modern context

In a moment of distress Arjuna declares that he wants nothing: no victory, no kingdom, not even life. It sounds like renunciation, but it is despair. Real letting-go is calm and still does what needs doing; this is the mind trying to escape a painful choice.