{"id":4132,"date":"2017-04-07T00:42:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:36:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:36:59","slug":"10-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-25\/","title":{"rendered":"10.25 maharshINAm bhrugur aham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-24\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 24<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-25-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>maharshINAm bhrugur aham girAm asmyEkam aksharam |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> yagyAnAm japayagyO\u2019smi sthAvarANAm himAlaya: |<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>maharshINAm &#8211; among the great sages like marIchi<br \/>\naham &#8211; I am<br \/>\nbhrugu &#8211; bhrugu rishi (who is the best).<br \/>\ngirAm &#8211; among the words with meanings<br \/>\nEkam aksharam asmi &#8211; I am the single lettered praNavam (Om).<br \/>\nyagyAnAm &#8211; among the yagyas (sacrifices)<br \/>\njapa: yagya: asmi &#8211; I am the japa yagya (sacrifice of chanting)<br \/>\nsthAvarANAm &#8211; among the immovable objects<br \/>\nhimAlaya: &#8211; I am the himAlaya mountain.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>I am bhrugu rishi among the great sages like marIchi. I am the single lettered praNavam (Om) among the words with meanings. I am the japa yagya (sacrifice of chanting) among the yagyas. I am the himAlaya mountain among the immovable objects.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Of Maharshis, I am Bh\u1e5bigu; of speech, the monosyllable (AUM); of sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of <em>japa<\/em>; of the stationaries, Him\u0101laya.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the Maharshis[2. ?], etc, I am Bh\u1e5bigu. Speech means articulate sounds, signifying things (and ideas); of these, I am the monosyllabic symbol (AUM), the Pra\u1e47ava[4. The sacred Vedic Syllable, known as <em>pra\u1e47ava<\/em>, uttered at the commencement of all Scriptural recitations, and written at the beginning of all Holy Works. The mysteries of this symbol are explained in the Upanishats. (vide. p. 5 of Hinduism, Introd : I, \u201cFive Topics,\u201d by Yogi P\u0101rthas\u0101rathi Aiyang\u0101r).].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of sacrifices (yaj\u00f1as), the best is that of Japa (or pious meditations on the Deity with the help of sacred formulae).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the (terrestrial) mountains, I am Himav\u0101n (or the Him\u0101layas).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-26\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 10 verse 26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 10 &lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 24 SlOkam \u2013 Original maharshINAm bhrugur aham girAm asmyEkam aksharam | yagyAnAm japayagyO\u2019smi sthAvarANAm himAlaya: | word-by-word meaning maharshINAm &#8211; among the great sages like marIchi aham &#8211; I am bhrugu &#8211; bhrugu rishi (who is the best). girAm &#8230; <a title=\"10.25 maharshINAm bhrugur aham\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-25\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10.25 maharshINAm bhrugur aham\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-10","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14461,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}