BG 10.26
Bhagavad Gītā · Vibhūti YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः | गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ||१०-२६||
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ . gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||10-26||
Linguistic facts
Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
10 words analyzed
- अश्वत्थस्aśvatthas← अश्वत्थnominal · nominative singular masculine
- सर्ववृक्षाणाम्sarvavṛkṣāṇāmunknown
- देवर्षीणाम्devarṣīṇām← देवर्षिnominal · genitive plural masculine
- चca← चnominal · vocative singular masculine
- नारदस्nāradas← नारदnominal · nominative singular masculine
- गन्धर्वाणाम्gandharvāṇām← गन्धर्वnominal · genitive plural masculine
- चित्ररथस्citrarathas← चित्ररथnominal · nominative singular masculine
- सिद्धानाम्siddhānām← सिद्धnominal · genitive plural masculine
- कपिलस्kapilas← कपिलnominal · nominative singular masculine
- मुनिस्munis← मुनिnominal · nominative singular masculine
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
10.26 Among all the trees ( I am) the Peepul; among the divine sages, I am Narada; among Gandharvas, Chitraratha; among the perfected, the sage Kapila.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the sages among the demigods I am Nārada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the sage Kapila.
10.26. Of all trees, I am the Pipal-tree; and of the divine seers, Narada; of the Gandharvas (the celestial musicians), Citraratha; of the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.
10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila.
10.26 See Comment under 10.42
10.26 - 10.29 Of trees I am Asvattha which is worthy of worship. Of celestial seers I am Narada. Kamadhuk is the divine cow. I am Kandarpa, the cause of progeny. Sarpas are single-headed snakes while Nagas are many-headed snakes. Aatic creatures are known as Yadamsi. Of them I am Varuna. Of subdures, I am Yama, the son of the sun-god.
10.26 Sarva-vrksanam, among all trees, (I am) the Asvatta; and Narada devarsinam, among the divine sages-those who were gods and became sages by virtue of visualizing Vedic mantras; among them I am Narada. Gandharvanam, among the gandharvas, I am the gandharva called Citraratha. Siddhanam, among the perfected ones, among those who, from their very birth, were endowed with an abundance of the wealth of virtue, knowledge and renunciation; (I am) munih, the sage Kapila.
10.26 Of trees I am the Asvattha. Of celestial seers, I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha. Of the perfected, I am Kapila.
10.26 Among all trees (I am) the Asvatha (peepul), and Narada among the divine sages. Among the dandharvas [A class of demigods regarded as the musicians of gods.] (I am) Citraratha; among the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.
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