महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् ।यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgur ahaṃ girām asmy ekamakṣaram | yajñānāṃ japayajño 'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ ||
- महर्षीणाम् · maharṣīṇām
- among great seers
- भृगुः · bhṛguḥ
- Bhrigu
- गिराम् · girām
- among utterances, words
- एकम् अक्षरम् · ekam akṣaram
- the single syllable OM
- यज्ञानाम् · yajñānām
- among sacrifices
- जपयज्ञः · japayajñaḥ
- the sacrifice of silent repetition
- स्थावराणाम् · sthāvarāṇām
- among immovables
- हिमालयः · himālayaḥ
- the Himalaya
“Among great seers I am Bhrigu; among utterances, the single syllable OM. Among sacrifices I am silent repetition, and among immovables the Himalaya.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sound and stillness meet here: the primal syllable, the quietest sacrifice, the stillest mountains. Japa is crowned above louder rites. The Himalaya gives meditators their visible icon of steadiness.
— Reader's notes (original)