Arjuna Vishada Yoga
अर्जुन विषाद योग
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव। न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे॥ 1:31॥
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव। न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे।।
केशव (हे केशव)! निमित्तानि (लक्षणों को) च (भी) विपरीतानि (विपरीत) पश्यामि (देख रहा हूँ); आहवे (युद्ध में) स्वजनम् (स्वजनों को) हत्वा (मारकर) श्रेयः (कल्याण) च (भी) न (नहीं) अनु-पश्यामि (देख रहा हूँ) ।
Hindi
हे केशव! मैं लक्षणों को भी विपरीत ही देख रहा हूँ तथा लड़ाई में अपनों को मारकर कल्याण नहीं देखता।
English
O Keshava! All I perceive are sinister signs. I find no merit in decimating my own kin in this conflict. (1:31)
English
Here, Sri Krishna is addressed as Keshava. Keshava, meaning "one who has beautiful long hair" or "the slayer of the Keshi demon," is an epithet of Sri Vishnu in Hindu tradition. Sri Krishna is also revered and addressed with this name.