BG - 1.31

निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव। न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे।।1.31।।

nimittāni cha paśhyāmi viparītāni keśhava na cha śhreyo ’nupaśhyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave

• nimittāni - omens
• cha - and
• paśhyāmi - I see
• viparītāni - misfortune
• keśhava - Shree Krishna, killer of the Keshi demon
• na - not
• cha - also
• śhreyaḥ - good
• anupaśhyāmi - I foresee
• hatvā - from killing
• sva-janam - kinsmen
• āhave - in battle

Translation

And I see ill omens, O Kesava. I do not see any good in slaying my kinsmen in battle.

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