Sanskrit
निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव । न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave
Translation
And I see adverse omens, O Keshava. Nor do I foresee any advantage from slaying kinsmen in battle.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The physical breakdown of verses 29–30 turns here into the beginning of an actual argument: bad omens, and no foreseeable good from killing kinsmen. It’s Arjuna’s first explicit claim, opening a case he’ll build across the rest of the chapter — one Krishna will spend the whole of Chapter 2 answering.