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 ||
在一切树木之中，我是阿湿婆他（圣榕）；在诸天圣仙之中，我是那罗陀；在诸乾闼婆之中，我是质多罗车；在诸悉地者之中，我是迦毗罗牟尼。
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.