Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 31
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव । न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava | na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave
Translation
And, O Keśava, I see omens foreboding evil. Nor do I see any good from killing my kinsmen in battle.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- nimittāni
- causes (omens)
- ca
- and
- paśyāmi
- (I) see
- viparītāni
- opposed
- keśava
- O Keśava
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- śreyaḥ
- the better (the good)
- anupaśyāmi
- (I) foresee
- hatvā
- having killed
- svajanam
- kinsfolk
- āhave
- in battle