10.26

Sanskrit

अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः । गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥ २६ ॥

aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ

Translation

Asvattha of all tree; and of divine Rishis Nârada; of Gandharvas Chitraratha; of the perfected the Muni Kapila.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Narada appears here among the divine Rishis, having already been named in verse 13 as one of the authorities Arjuna cites for trusting Krishna. The repetition ties Arjuna’s earlier testimony back into Krishna’s own self-description — Narada is both a witness Arjuna trusts and an example Krishna chooses.