Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Asita Devala

असित देवल · asita devala

Ancient seer cited by Arjuna as an authority

Arjuna calls his witnesses, and this is one of the oldest.

Asita and Devala appear in the Veda as seers of hymns, and the epic often treats them as one sage, Asita Devala, sometimes as father and son. He is said to have recited the Mahabharata to the ancestors, as Narada did to the gods. When Arjuna says that all the seers call Krishna the supreme Brahman, he names Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa.