Chapter 10, Verse 26
Text
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः | गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ||१०-२६||
Transliteration
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ . gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||10-26||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
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.
In English by Swami Sivananda
10.26 अश्वत्थः Asvattha, सर्ववृक्षाणाम् among all trees, देवर्षीणाम् among Divine Rishis, च and, नारदः Narada, गन्धर्वाणाम् among Gandharvas, चित्ररथः Chitraratha, सिद्धानाम् among the Siddhas or the perfected, कपिलः Kapila, मुनिः sage.Commentary Devarshis are gods and at the same time Rishis or seers of Mantras.Siddhas are the perfected ones those who at their very birth attained without any effort Dharma (virtue), Jnana (knowledge of the Self), Vairagya (dispassion) and Aisvarya (lordship).Muni is one who does Manana or reflection one who meditates.