Shloka 26
Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka
Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable
अश्र॒त्थ: सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारद: । गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथ: सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनि:
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ | gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||
Unter allen Bäumen bin Ich die Aśvattha (die heilige Feige); unter den göttlichen Sehern bin Ich Nārada; unter den Gandharvas bin Ich Citraratha; und unter den Siddhas bin Ich der Weise Kapila.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches recognition of the Divine through the highest and most revered exemplars within each category of beings and things—seeing the One presence expressed as the ‘best’ or most archetypal form, which supports devotion and ethical reverence toward the world.
Arjuna, in a sequence of identifications, voices a set of ‘I am’ statements that point to the Lord’s representative manifestations: the aśvattha among trees, Nārada among divine seers, Citraratha among Gandharvas, and Kapila among Siddhas—highlighting divine pervasion through celebrated figures and symbols.