Bhagavad Gita 10.26 अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः

Bhagavad Gita 10.26 — word by word

Explanation

Among all trees I am the ashvattha, the sacred fig, Krishna says. Among divine sages I am Narada, among the gandharvas I am Chitraratha, and among the perfected ones I am the sage Kapila. Each is the most revered member of its group, a natural reminder of the Divine.

The ashvattha (Ficus religiosa, the peepal) is held sacred across India and becomes the great image of the world-tree in Chapter 15. Narada, the devarṣi, travels between worlds singing the Lord's names and appears in many Puranic stories as a teacher of devotion. The gandharvas are celestial musicians, and Chitraratha is their king. The siddhas are beings perfected from birth or through practice; Kapila is the ancient sage regarded as the founder of the Sankhya philosophy, and the Bhagavata Purana also counts him as an incarnation of Vishnu.

भावार्थ

सब वृक्षों में मैं पीपल हूँ, देवर्षियों में नारद हूँ, गन्धर्वों में चित्ररथ हूँ और सिद्धों में कपिल मुनि हूँ। चित्ररथ गन्धर्वों के राजा हैं और कपिल मुनि सांख्य दर्शन के प्रवर्तक माने जाते हैं।

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