Verse 10.25

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 10.25:

महर्षीणां भृगुर् अहं गिराम् अस्म्य् एकम् अक्षरम् ।
यज्ञानां जप-यज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥ २५ ॥

maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgur ahaṃ girām asmy ekam akṣaram |
yajñānāṃ japa-yajño'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ || 25 ||

mahā-ṛṣīṇām–of great sages; bhṛguḥ–Bhṛgu; aham–I; girām–of utterances; asmi–I am; ekam akṣaram–the one all-encompassing syllable (encompassing all reality) oṃ; yajñānām–of sacrifices; japa-yajñaḥ–the sacrifice of meditative chanting of Śrī Bhagavān’s holy name; asmi–am; sthāvarāṇām–of non-moving things; himālayaḥ–the Himālayan mountains.

Among great sages I am Bhṛgu, among utterances I am the all-encompassing syllable oṃ, of sacrifices I am the meditative chanting of the holy name, and among non-moving entities I am the Himālayan mountains.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

The words ekam akṣaram mean praṇava oṃ.