Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 31

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 31

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

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    I see, Kṛṣṇa, inauspicious omens. I foresee no good in slaying my kinsmen in battle.
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