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