Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.26

aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ | gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||

Among all trees I am the sacred fig; among the divine seers I am Narada; among the gandharvas I am Chitraratha; among the perfected I am the sage Kapila.

Modern context

Among trees, the ashvattha, the sacred fig still revered across India, a tree that lives for centuries and shelters countless creatures. Among divine seers, Narada, the wandering musician-sage; among the perfected, Kapila, the founder of Sankhya. A tree, a singer and a philosopher: the divine is found in nature, in art and in thought alike.