BG 10.25
Bhagavad Gītā · Vibhūti YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् | यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ||१०-२५||
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgurahaṃ girāmasmyekamakṣaram . yajñānāṃ japayajño.asmi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ ||10-25||
Linguistic facts
Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
12 words analyzed
- महर्षीणाम्maharṣīṇām← महर्षिnominal · genitive plural masculine
- भृगुस्bhṛgus← भृगुnominal · nominative singular masculine
- अहम्aham← अहnominal · nominative singular neuter
- गिराम्girām← गिर्nominal · genitive plural feminine
- अस्मिasmi← अस्verb · present first singular active (√as)
- एक्ek← एज्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- अम्am← अnominal · accusative singular masculine
- अक्षरम्akṣaram← क्षर्verb · imperfect first singular active (√kṣar)
- यज्ञानाम्yajñānām← यज्nominal · genitive plural masculine
- जपयज्ञोऽस्मिjapayajño'smiunknown
- स्थावराणाम्sthāvarāṇām← स्थावरnominal · genitive plural neuter
- हिमालयस्himālayas← हिमालयnominal · nominative singular masculine
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Translations
10.25 Among the great sages I am Bhrigu; among words I am the one syllable (Om); among sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetition; among the immovable things I am the Himalayas.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
Of the great sages I am Bhṛgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental oṁ. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa], and of immovable things I am the Himālayas.
10.25. Of the great seers, I am Bhrgu; of the words, I am the Single-syllable (Om); of the sacrifices [performed with external objects], I am the sacrifice of muttering prayer; of the immovables, I am the Himalayan range.
10.25 Of the great seers I am Bhrigu, of words I am Om, of offerings I am the silent prayer, among things immovable I am the Himalayas.
10.25 See Comment under 10.42
10.25 Of great seers like Marici etc., I am Bhrgu. Words are sounds that convey meaning. Of such words, I am the single-lettered word Pranava (Or Om). Of the sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of Japa (sacred formula silently repeated) which is the most prominent form of sacrificial offerings. Of immovables or mountains, I am the Himalaya.
10.25 Maharsinam, among the great sages, I am Bhrgu, Giram, of words, of utterances, in the form of words; I am the ekam, single; aksaram, syllable Om. Yajnanam, among rituals; I am the japa-yajnah, rituals of Japa. Sthavaranam, of the immovables, I am the Himalaya.
10.25 Of the great seers, I am Bhrgu. Of words, I am the single-lettered word Om. Of sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of Japa. Of immovable things I am the Himalayas.
10.25 Among the great sages I am Bhrgu; of words I am the single syllable (Om) [Om is the best because it is the name as well as the symbol of Brahman.]. Among rituals I am the ritual of Japa [Japa, muttering prayers-repeating passages from the Vedas, silently repeating names of deities, etc. Rituals often involve killing of animals. But Japa is free from such injury, and hence the best.] of the immovables, the Himalaya.
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