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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 26

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः | गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ||१०-२६||

aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ . gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||10-26||

In plain words

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).

Translation

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.

Meaning

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.

Word by word

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.