1.30 न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः। निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव
na ca śaknomy
Word meanings
na—not;cha—and;śhaknomi—am able;avasthātum—remain steady;bhramati iva—whirling like;cha—and;me—my;manaḥ—mind;nimittāni—omens;cha—and;paśhyāmi—I see;viparītāni—misfortune;keśhava—Shree Krishna, killer of the Keshi demon
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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I am unable even to stand steady; my mind seems to be confused; and I see adverse omens, O Kesava!
I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult. The omens are adverse.
The bow Gandiva slips from my hand and my skin is burning. I can stand no longer. My mind seems to reel.
Moreover, O Keshava (Krishna), I am not able to stand firmly, and my mind seems to be whirling. And I notice the omens to be adverse.
The (bow) “Gandiva” slips from my hand and my skin burns all over; I am unable even to stand, my mind is reeling, as it were.
1.32 किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair
Word meanings
kim—what;naḥ—to us;rājyena—by kingdom;govinda—Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows;kim—what?;bhogaiḥ—pleasures;jīvitena—life;vā—or
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Govinda! What use is the kingdom to us? What use are its pleasures and life even?
What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me,
I desire no victory, nor empire, nor pleasures. What have we to do with empire, O Krsna, or enjoyment or even life ?
O Govinda! What need do we have of a kingdom, or what (need) of enjoyments and livelihood?
For I desire neither victory, O Krishna, nor pleasures nor kingdoms! Of what avail is a dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.31 न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे। न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च
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Word meanings
na—not;cha—also;śhreyaḥ—good;anupaśhyāmi—I foresee;hatvā—from killing;sva-janam—kinsmen;āhave—in battle
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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I do not foresee any good in killing my own kinsmen in the battle. O Krsna! I neither wish for victory, nor kingdom, nor the pleasures thereof.
What good can come from the slaughter of my people on this battlefield? Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure.
I see, Krsna, inauspicious omens. I foresee no good in killing my kinsmen in the fight.
Besides, I do not see any good (to be derived) from killing my own people in battle. O Krishna, I do not hanker after victory, nor even a kingdom nor pleasures.
And I see adverse omens, O Kesava! I do not see any good in killing my kinsmen in battle.
