Bhagavad Gita 1.31निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव।न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥

nimittāni cha paśhyāmi viparītāni keśhava na

cha śhreyo ’nupaśhyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave

Sanskrit recitation

When the body freezes · 1.28–1.47 · Teaching

Translation

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

हे केशव! मैं लक्षणों - (शकुनों) को भी विपरीत देख रहा हूँ और युद्ध में स्वजनोंको मारकर श्रेय (लाभ) भी नहीं देख रहा हूँ।

Kesava means he who has fine or luxuriant hair.

After Swami Sivananda

When the body freezes· 1.28–1.47→

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