निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव | न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ||१-३१||
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava . na ca śreyo.anupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave ||1-31||
- nimittāni
- causes
- ca
- also
- paśyāmi
- I see
- viparītāni
- just the opposite
- keśava
- O killer of the demon Keśī (Kṛṣṇa)
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- śreyaḥ
- good
- anupaśyāmi
- do I foresee
- hatvā
- by killing
- sva-janam
- own kinsmen
- āhave
- in the fight
I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I, my dear Kṛṣṇa, desire any subsequent victory, kingdom or happiness.