Verse 10.26
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः ।
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥
Transliteration
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ |
gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Among all the trees ( I am) the Peepul; among the divine sages, I am Narada; among Gandharvas, Chitraratha; among the perfected, the sage Kapila.
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Among all trees I am the ashvattha, and among divine sages, Narada. Among the gandharvas I am Chitraratha; among the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The ashvattha, the sacred fig or peepal, is the most revered of trees in Indian tradition and appears later in the Gita as an image of the world itself. Narada, already named by Arjuna earlier in the chapter, is chief among the sages of the gods. The gandharvas are celestial musicians, and Chitraratha is their king. Among the siddhas, beings who have reached perfection, Krishna names Kapila, the sage traditionally linked with the Sankhya school of thought. The verse gathers reverence, devotion, music and philosophical insight into a single line of examples.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08