Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair · Arjuna said

Bhagavad Gita 1.31 — No good in killing kin

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

nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava | na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave ||

Meaning

Keshava, I see bad omens, and I see no good in killing my own people in battle.

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