BG 10.25

महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् ।
यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥
maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ girām asmy ekam akṣaram
yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

mahā-ṛṣīṇām — among the great sages;  aham — I [am];  bhṛguḥ — Bhṛgu;  girām — of language;  asmi — I am;  ekam — the single;  akṣaram — imperishable syllable [Praṇava];  yajñānām — of sacrifices;  asmi — I am;  japa-yajñaḥ — the meditational repetition of sacred sound;  sthāvarāṇām — [and] of immovable objects;  himālayaḥ — [I am] the Himālaya.

Translation

Among the great sages I am Bhṛgu; of language I am the imperishable monosyllable Oṁ; among sacrifices I am the meditational repetition of sacred sound [mantra and nāma-japa]; and among immovable objects I am the Himālaya.

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