Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 26
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः । गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ | gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ
Translation
Of all trees (I am) the Aśvattha, and Nārada of divine Ṛṣis, Citraratha of Gandharvas, the Sage Kapila of the Saints (Siddhas).
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- aśvatthaḥ
- Aśvattha
- sarvavṛkṣāṇām
- (of) all, of trees
- devarṣīṇām
- of divine Rishis
- ca
- and
- nāradaḥ
- Nārada
- gandharvāṇām
- of Gandharvas
- citrarathaḥ
- Chitraratha
- siddhānām
- of the perfect
- kapilaḥ
- Kapila
- muniḥ
- muni
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Divine Ṛṣis: who are Devas and are at the same time Ṛṣis or seers of mantras. The Saints (Siddhas): those who at their very birth attained to a very high degree of Dharma, of knowledge, of detachment (vairāgya) from worldly concerns, and of supremacy.