BG 1.31
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ।
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava
na ca śreyo ’nupaśyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave
na ca śreyo ’nupaśyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave
Word-for-word meanings
keśava — O Kṛṣṇa; paśyāmi — I see; ca — also; viparītāni — adverse; nimittāni — omens; ca — and; na anupaśyāmi — I do not foresee; śreyaḥ — any good; hatvā — by killing; sva-janam — my kinsmen; āhave — in battle.
Translation
O Keśava, I also see adverse omens, and I do not foresee any good by killing my kinsmen in battle.