Verse 1.31

bg.1.31

Sanskrit

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

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

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

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।1.31।। हे केशव! मैं लक्षणों - (शकुनों) को भी विपरीत देख रहा हूँ और युद्ध में स्वजनोंको मारकर श्रेय (लाभ) भी नहीं देख रहा हूँ।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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