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

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 31
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Sanskrit to English Translation

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

A Reading - Rantideb

Arjuna's inability to stand and his whirling mind indicate a complete loss of grounding. The structural integrity of his worldview has failed.

nimittāniomens
chaand
paśhyāmiI see
viparītānimisfortune
keśhavaShree Krishna, killer of the Keshi demon
nanot
chaalso
śhreyaḥgood
anupaśhyāmiI foresee
hatvāfrom killing
sva-janamkinsmen
āhavein battle

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
1.31 निमित्तानि omens? च and? पश्यामि I see? विपरीतानि adverse? केशव O Kesava? न not? च and? श्रेयः good? अनुपश्यामि (I) see? हत्वा killing? स्वजनम् our peope? आहवे in battle.Commentary Kesava means he who has fine or luxuriant hair.