10.25
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् ।
यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgur ahaṃ girām asmy ekam akṣaram
yajñānāṃ japayajño 'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues.
The verse
Of the great sages I am Bhṛgu; of words I am the one syllable; of sacrifices I am the muttered sacrifice; of the unmoving I am Himālaya.
नेपालीमा
महर्षिहरूमध्ये म भृगु हुँ, शब्दहरूमध्ये म एक अक्षर हुँ। यज्ञहरूमध्ये म जपेर गरिने यज्ञ हुँ, अचलहरूमध्ये म हिमालय हुँ।
Where it sits
The list keeps changing kind without changing grammar. A syllable among words is the same sort of claim as Bhṛgu among sages. Hear the frame until it is obvious. The separate stories of these names are not required.
Split: महा-ऋषीणाम् + भृगुः + अहम् + गिराम् + अस्मि + एकम् + अक्षरम् + यज्ञानाम् + जप-यज्ञः + अस्मि + स्थावराणाम् + हिमालयः
mahā-ṛṣīṇām + bhṛguḥ + aham + girām + asmi + ekam + akṣaram + yajñānām + japa-yajñaḥ + asmi + sthāvarāṇām + himālayaḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| महा-ऋषीणाम् | mahā-ṛṣīṇām | genitive plural | of the great sages. |
| भृगुः | bhṛguḥ | nominative | Bhṛgu (भृगु). |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| गिराम् | girām | genitive plural of gir (गिर्) | of words. Of speeches. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| एकम् | ekam | nominative singular neuter | one. The single. Agrees with akṣaram (अक्षरम्). |
| अक्षरम् | akṣaram | nominative singular | the syllable. Also "the imperishable." The verse says the one syllable. |
| यज्ञानाम् | yajñānām | genitive plural | of sacrifices. |
| जप-यज्ञः | japa-yajñaḥ | nominative | the sacrifice that is muttered repetition. japa (जप) is the low recitation. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| स्थावराणाम् | sthāvarāṇām | genitive plural | of the unmoving. Things that stand in place. |
| हिमालयः | himālayaḥ | nominative | Himālaya (हिमालय). The abode of snow. |
The phrases
महर्षीणां भृगुः अहं गिराम् अस्मि एकम् अक्षरम् maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛguḥ ahaṃ girām asmi ekam akṣaram is a sage, then a syllable. Of the great sages, Bhṛgu. Of words, the one syllable. ekam (एकम्) and akṣaram (अक्षरम्) agree. The verse does not name the syllable further.
yajñānāṃ japayajñaḥ asmi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ (यज्ञानां जपयज्ञः अस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः) is a rite, then a mountain. Of sacrifices, the muttered one. Of things that stand still, Himālaya. Speech, rite, and mountain are one frame.
Sanskrit in this line
bhṛguḥ (भृगुः) + aham (अहम्) is bhṛgur aham (भृगुरहम्). Visarga after u (उ) before a vowel becomes r (र्), and the vowels do not merge into a new diphthong. asmi (अस्मि) + ekam (एकम्) is asmy ekam (अस्म्येकम्). i (इ) + e (ए) becomes ye (ये).
Say it back
Of words, the one syllable. girām (गिराम्), एकम् अक्षरम् ekam akṣaram. If akṣaram (अक्षरम्) swells into a system the verse did not name, stay here.