Bhagavad Gita 1.31
Chapter 1, verse 31
Meaning
“Keśava, I see signs that point the wrong way. I cannot see any good coming from killing my own people in this battle.”
The Sanskrit
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ।
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥ ३१ ॥
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava
na ca śreyo 'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave
Say it
ni-mit-taa-ni chuh push-yaa-mi vi-puh-ree-taa-ni kay-shuh-vuh
nuh chuh shray-yo noo-push-yaa-mi huh-tvaa svuh-juh-num aa-huh-vay
Word by word
- nimittāni ca
- and signs, omens
- paśyāmi
- I see
- viparītāni
- contrary, going the wrong way, ominous
- keśava
- O Keśava (Krishna, “the one with beautiful hair”)
- na ca śreyaḥ
- and no good
- anupaśyāmi
- I foresee
- hatvā
- from killing
- svajanam
- my own people
- āhave
- in battle
Read it in context: verses 1.29–32His body says no firstWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: The body speaks before the reasons
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.31 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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