Saturday, May 11, 2013

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 26

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of Bhagavad Gita , published by Ramakrishna Mission

Vibhutis Defined - 19-40
1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 26



Ashvatthah sarva vrukshanam deva rishinam cha naradah I
Gandharvanam chitrarathah siddhanam kapilah munih II sloka 26
अश्वत्थः सर्व वृक्षाणां देव ऋषीणां च नारदः I
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलः मुनिः II श्लोक 26

Of all the tress I am the Ashvatta; Of the deva rishis I am Narada; Of the Gandharvas I am Chitraratha and of the Siddhas I am the Muni Kapila.

Ashvatta is the holy Peepul tree. It yields no edible fruit and nothing in this tree is in anyway useful to man. Still it  as ever been  associated with the worship of divine. Any thought of this tree brings in its train ideas and ideals all connected with God. It is for this reason recognised as his Vibhuti.

The spiritually enlightened ones are called as rishis. Not only from among men, but from also among devas,rishis have sprung up. Among the deva rishis the sage Narada is the foremost. He constantly sings the glory of the lord. In addition to this he is famous for setting up strifes and quarrels which end up as blessings in disguise. Contact with Narada amounts to contact with god himself. He is therefore the glory of God.

The gandharvas are celestials with several good and useful traits. They are invoked to safeguard the intoxicating soma juice associated with some forms of yajnas. They are expert physicians and musicians. They are given to excessive lust and are for this reason invoked in wedlocks. The gamblers seek the aid of the gandharvas, who are inordinately fond of this art. The vedas set to tune are expounded by these celestials. At times they play the role of perceptors to the rishis, in this respect. Chitraratha being the king of these heavenly beings, it is proper that the Lord claims him as a divine attribute of his. 

They are called siddhas who are endowed from birth onwards with righteousness, wisdom, dispassion and over-lordship. A muni is he who is constantly established in japa yagna. Sage Kapila is one endowed with all these virtues. He is the author of the samkhya system of philosophy. Further he is held to be an incarnation of vishnu. It is but natural that the lord should claim him as his own.



                                                                                                                                                                                                

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