Chapter 1: Arjuna Visada Yoga, verse 31
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव।
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥
Say itnimittāni cha paśhyāmi viparītāni keśhava
na cha śhreyo ’nupaśhyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave
Translation
And I see ill omens, O Kesava. I do not see any good in slaying my kinsmen in battle.
Swami Sivananda
Besides, I do not see any good to be derived from killing my own people in battle. O Krsna, I do not hanker after victory, nor even a kingdom, nor pleasures.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
I see, Kṛṣṇa, inauspicious omens. I foresee no good in slaying my kinsmen in battle.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
O Govinda! What use is the kingdom to us? What use are its pleasures and life even?
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
The omens are unfavorable; what good can come from the slaughter of my people on this battlefield?
Shri Purohit Swami
हे केशव! मैं लक्षणों - (शकुनों) को भी विपरीत देख रहा हूँ और युद्ध में स्वजनोंको मारकर श्रेय (लाभ) भी नहीं देख रहा हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे केशव ! मैं शकुनों को भी विपरीत ही देख रहा हूँ और युद्ध में (आहवे) अपने स्वजनों को मारकर कोई कल्याण भी नहीं देखता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.