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Chapter 10 · Verse 25 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.25

devotional Jnana & Wisdom Bhakti & Devotion Self & Identity

Sanskrit

महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्। यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः।।10.25।।

Transliteration

maharṣhīṇāṁ bhṛigur ahaṁ girām asmyekam akṣharam yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ

In plain words

When you're lost and don't know what you're meant to do, you're often looking for God in the wrong place—in some distant answer, some perfect plan you haven't discovered yet. Krishna says: the sacred is already woven into what you find most true, most real, most enduring within you—in the deepest knowing, in the acts of genuine love you're already capable of, in the strength that doesn't move. Stop searching outside. The Divine isn't hiding from you; it's the very ground of what makes you *you*.

Word by Word

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
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals himself not as distant transcendence, but as the sacred essence woven through creation—in the greatest sages, in the primal sound Om, in every act of true worship, and in the unshakeable mountains that witness all time. The Divine is not separate from what is highest and most enduring in existence; it *is* that essence.

When you recognize the sacred in what moves you—in wisdom, in devotion, in nature's permanence—you begin to see God not as concept but as living reality within and around you.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.25 — BG 10.25

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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