Chapter 10 · Verse 25·Spoken by Krishna
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्। यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः
maharṣhīṇāṁ bhṛigur ahaṁ girām asmyekam akṣharam yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ
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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda
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Translation · 5 voices
Among the great sages, I am Bhrgu; of words, I am the single syllable (Om). Among rituals, I am the ritual of Japa of the immovables, the Himalayas.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
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.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
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 muttered prayer; of the immovables, I am the Himalayan range.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
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.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
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.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Of the great seers I am Bhṛgu. Of utterances, of words marked by syllables, I am the one syllable, Om. Of sacrifices I am the sacrifice of muttered prayer; of the unmoving things, those that stand fixed, I am the Himālaya.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Of the great seers, Marichi and the rest, I am Bhrigu. Of speech-sounds that convey meaning, words, I am the single syllable, the Pranava. Of sacrifices I am the eminent one, the sacrifice of muttered prayer. Of standing things, I am the Himalaya.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.