महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-31

निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ।
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥३१॥

31. nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava ,
na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave.

31. nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava na
ca śreyaḥ anupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave

31. keśava nimittāni ca viparītāni paśyāmi ca
āhave svajanam hatvā śreyaḥ na anupaśyāmi

31. O Keśava, I see adverse omens, and I do not foresee any good from killing my own kinsmen in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - adverse omens (omens, signs, causes)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I behold, I perceive)

• विपरीतानि (viparītāni) - adverse (adverse, contrary, inauspicious)

• केशव (keśava) - O Krishna (O Keśava (an epithet of Krishna))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - any good (outcome) (welfare, ultimate good, prosperity, better)

• अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I foresee (I perceive, I foresee, I behold)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, after killing)

• स्वजनम् (svajanam) - one's own kinsmen (one's own people, kinsmen, relatives)

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

Words meanings and morphology

निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - adverse omens (omens, signs, causes)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nimitta

nimitta - sign, omen, cause

Note: Accusative object of 'paśyāmi'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I behold, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

present active indicative

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विपरीतानि (viparītāni) - adverse (adverse, contrary, inauspicious)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of viparīta

viparīta - inverted, contrary, adverse

Past Passive Participle

Formed from vi- + pari- + root i 'to go'

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nimittāni'.

केशव (keśava) - O Krishna (O Keśava (an epithet of Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - having fine hair, name of Krishna

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - any good (outcome) (welfare, ultimate good, prosperity, better)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, excellence, welfare

Comparative/superlative of śrī or praśasya, meaning 'better' or 'best'. Here used as a neuter noun.

Note: Accusative object of 'anupaśyāmi'.

अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I foresee (I perceive, I foresee, I behold)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anupaś

present active indicative

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, after killing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root han 'to strike, kill' + suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

स्वजनम् (svajanam) - one's own kinsmen (one's own people, kinsmen, relatives)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svajana

svajana - one's own people, kinsmen

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+jana)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• jana – person, people, race
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of the absolutive 'hatvā'.

आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, war, combat

Prefix: ā

Root: hu (class 3)