Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Bg 10.25

maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ
girām asmy ekam akṣaram
yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi
sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥa

Word for word: 

mahā–ṛṣīṇām — among the great sages; bhṛguḥ — Bhṛgu; aham — I am; girām — of vibrations; asmi — I am;ekam akṣaram — praṇava; yajñānām — of sacrifices; japa–yajñaḥ — chanting; asmi — I am; sthāvarāṇām — of immovable things; himālayaḥ — the Himālayan mountains.

Translation: 

Of the great sages I am Bhṛgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental oṁ. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa], and of immovable things I am the Himālayas.

maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ, Among great Rishis I am Bhrigu, 

Puroshits do sacrifices so Brihaspati is called when devatas do sacrifices, Rishis are not paid they are not like priests of  a particular dynasty, they are people focusing on attending transcendence they may be married or renunciate but they are focusing on transcendence. So among Rishis Bhrigu is extremely powerful.

girām asmy ekam akṣaram, among different syllables I am eka akshar Pranav, OM because it invokes absolute truth it is considered very special and powerful. 

yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi, it is developed in 3,4th and 5th chapter that Yajna is not just an activity of fire sacrifice, Yajna is the principle of sacrifice for the sake of the Lord, so once that principle is established after that Krishna is saying among various types of sacrifices He is saying yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi, so we can sacrifice some grains silk, ghee, but most difficult thing to sacrifice is our consciousness, we don’t have to destroy our consciousness but offer it to Lord during that period at least, so when we are chanting that time we take our consciousness and offer it to Sri Krishna, that is the sacrifice which will give us the greatest result, because by doing that sacrifice which offering our consciousness and offering it to Krishna in the form of Holy Name we will attain Prema for Krishna.

sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ, so among the immoveable objects so high mountain is Meru and in terms of giant big it is Himalaya, so among none moving objects I am Himalaya.

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