Duty & Righteousness
Bhagavad Gita 1.31
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||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
1.31. And I see adverse omens, O Kesava. I do not see any good in killing my kinsmen in battle.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
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.