Bhagavad Gita · 1.31
॥
Devanāgarī
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ।
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava |
na ca śreyo 'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
निमित्तानिnimittāniomens, signs, portents.
चcaand.
पश्यामिpaśyāmiI see.
विपरीतानिviparītāniunfavorable, ill, contrary, adverse.
केशवkeśavaO Keśava! (a name of Kṛṣṇa, “one with beautiful hair”, or “slayer of the demon Keśī”).
नnanot.
चcaand.
श्रेयःśreyaḥof good, of welfare, of benefit, of prosperity.
अनुपश्यामिanupaśyāmiI foresee, I see.
हत्वाhatvāhaving slain, having killed.
स्वजनम्svajanamone’s own kinsmen, one’s own kin.
आहवेāhavein battle, in combat.
Translation
“O Keśava, I see ill omens. And I foresee no good coming from slaying my own kinsmen in this battle.”
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