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Bhagavad Gītā 1.31

BG 1.31

निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव। न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे

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

The omens are unfavorable; what good can come from the slaughter of my people on this battlefield?

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 1.31, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/1.31), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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