Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 25
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् । यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgurahaṃ girāmasmyekamakṣaram | yajñānāṃ japayajño'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ
Translation
Of the Great Ṛṣis I am Bhṛgu; of words I am the one syllable 'Oṃ;' of offerings I am the offering of Japa (silent repetition), of unmoving things the Himalaya.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- maharṣīṇām
- of the great Rishis
- bhṛguḥ
- Bhrigu
- aham
- I
- girām
- of speech
- asmi
- (I) am
- ekam
- the one
- akṣaram
- syllable
- yajñānām
- of sacrifices
- japayajñaḥ
- of repetition, the sacrifice
- asmi
- (I) am
- sthāvarāṇām
- of immovable (Things)
- himālayaḥ
- Himalāya
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Bhṛgu is the chief of the Great Ṛṣis. Of offerings (yajñas) the offering of japa — silent repetition — is highest.