10.25 महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्। यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgur
Word meanings
mahā-ṛiṣhīṇām—among the great seers;bhṛiguḥ—Bhrigu;aham—I;girām—amongst chants;asmi—I am;ekam akṣharam—the syllable Om;yajñānām—of sacrifices;japa-yajñaḥ—sacrifice of the devotional repetition of the divine names of God;asmi—I am;sthāvarāṇām—amongst immovable things;himālayaḥ—the Himalayas
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Of the great seers, I am Bhrgu; of the words, I am the single-syllable (Om); of the sacrifices [performed with external objects], I am the sacrifice of muttered prayer; of the immovables, I am the Himalayan range.
Of the great seers I am Bhrigu, of words I am Om, of offerings I am the silent prayer, among things immovable I am the Himalayas.
Of the great seers, I am Bhrgu. Of words, I am the single-lettered word Om. Of sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of Japa. Of immovable things I am the Himalayas.
Among the great sages I am Bhrgu; of words I am the single syllable (Om) [Om is the best because it is the name as well as the symbol of Brahman.]. Among rituals I am the ritual of Japa [Japa, muttering prayers-repeating passages from the Vedas, silently repeating names of deities, etc. Rituals often involve killing of animals. But Japa is free from such injury, and hence the best.] of the immovables, the Himalaya.
Among the great sages I am Bhrigu; among words I am the monosyllable Om; among sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetition; among immovable things the Himalayas I am.
10.27 उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्। ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्
uccaiḥśravasam
Word meanings
uchchaiḥśhravasam—Uchchaihshrava;aśhvānām—amongst horses;viddhi—know;mām—me;amṛita-udbhavam—begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar;airāvatam—Airavata;gaja-indrāṇām—amongst all lordly elephants;narāṇām—amongst humans;cha—and;nara-adhipam—the king
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Of the horses, you should know Me to be the nectar-born Uccaihsravas (Indra's horse); of the best elephants, the Airavata (Indra's elephant); and of the men, their king.
Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the White one, and I am the Ruler among men.
Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsravas the nectar-born. Of lordly elephants, I am Airavata, and of men, I am the monarch.
Among horses, know Me to be Uccaihsravas, born of nectar; Airavata among the lordly elephants; and among men, the Kind of men. [Uccaihsravas and Airavata are respectively the divine horse and elephant of Indra.]
Know Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar among horses; among lordly elephants (I am) the Airavata; and among men, the king.
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विभूतियोग
Chapter 10: The Yoga of Divine Glories
vibhūtiyoga
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10.26 अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः। गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः
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Word meanings
aśhvatthaḥ—the banyan tree;sarva-vṛikṣhāṇām—amongst all trees;deva-ṛiṣhīṇām—amongst celestial sages;cha—and;nāradaḥ—Narad;gandharvāṇām—amongst the gandharvas;chitrarathaḥ—Chitrarath;siddhānām—of all those who are perfected;kapilaḥ muniḥ—sage Kapil
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Of all trees, I am the Pipal tree; of the divine seers, Narada; of the Gandharvas, Citraratha; and of the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.
Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila.
Of trees I am the Asvattha. Of celestial seers, I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha. Of the perfected, I am Kapila.
Among all trees (I am) the Asvatha (peepul), and Narada among the divine sages. Among the Gandharvas [A class of demigods regarded as the musicians of gods.] (I am) Citraratha; among the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.
Among the trees (I am) the peepul ; among the divine sages I am Narada; among Gandharvas I am Chitraratha; among the perfected the sage Kapila.
