Gita Verse 10.25

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 25

Sanskrit Verse

महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्।

यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः।।10.25।।

Transliteration

maharṣhīṇāṁ bhṛigur ahaṁ girām asmyekam akṣharam

yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ

Word meanings

mahā-ṛiṣhīṇām—among the great seers; bhṛiguḥ—Bhrigu; aham—I; girām—amongst chants; asmi—I am; ekam akṣharam—the syllable Om; yajñānām—of sacrifices; japa-yajñaḥ—sacrifice of the devotional repetition of the divine names of God; asmi—I am; sthāvarāṇām—amongst immovable things; himālayaḥ—the Himalayas

Swami Sivananda's translation

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.

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