Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Bg 10.26

aśvatthaḥ sarva-vṛkṣāṇāṁ
devarṣīṇāṁ ca nāradaḥ
gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ
siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ

Word for word: 

aśvatthaḥ — the banyan tree; sarva–vṛkṣāṇām — of all trees; deva–ṛṣīṇām — of all the sages amongst the demigods; ca — and; nāradaḥ — Nārada; gandharvāṇām — of the citizens of the Gandharva planet; citrarathaḥ— Citraratha; siddhānām — of all those who are perfected; kapilaḥ muniḥ — Kapila Muni.

Translation: 

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.

 

aśvatthaḥ sarva-vṛkṣāṇāṁ, so there are various trees among them I am the aśvatthaḥ, it is like banyan tree, so that strength and longevity of Asvatthah gives remembrance of Krishna 

devarṣīṇāṁ ca nāradaḥ, specialty of Narada is represented by Krishna  

gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ, citrarathaḥ is a special gandarbha who had fight with Arjuna one time and Arjuna defeated him, although gandarbha was celestial and Arjuna was mortal so that time citrarathaḥ said let us be friends and I will accept name as dadhratha not citrarathaḥ because Arjuna burnt his chariot but the point is he was a very powerful Gandarbha, so Krishna said that when you see that you should understand that is manifestation of my power.

siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ, so there are many realized perfected beings among them Kapil dev is special, He is extremely powerful in SB 3rd canto His instruction and His pastimes are described so He is example of Krishna’s omnipotence among Siddhas, Kapila is incarnation of Supreme Lord son of Devahuti

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