Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.21
धिष्ण्यानामस्म्यहं मेरुर्गहनानां हिमालय: ।
वनस्पतीनामश्वत्थ ओषधीनामहं यव: ॥ २१ ॥
dhiṣṇyānām asmy ahaṁ merur
[dhishnyaanaam asmy aham merur]
gahanānāṁ himālayaḥ
[gahanaanaam himaalayah]
vanaspatīnām aśvattha
[vanaspateenaam ashvattha]
oṣadhīnām ahaṁ yavaḥ
[oshadheenaam aham yavah]
Word-for-word
dhiṣṇyānām
—
residences
asmi
—
am
aham
—
I
meruḥ
—
Mount Sumeru
gahanānām
—
of impervious places
himālayaḥ
—
the Himālayas
vanaspatīnām
—
among trees
aśvatthaḥ
—
banyan tree
oṣadhīnām
—
among plants
aham
—
I
yavaḥ
—
barley.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dhiṣṇyānām asmy ahaṁ merur
dhiṣṇyānām
residences
asmi
am
aham
I
meruḥ
Mount Sumeru
gahanānāṁ himālayaḥ
gahanānām
of impervious places
himālayaḥ
the Himālayas
vanaspatīnām aśvattha
vanaspatīnām
among trees
aśvatthaḥ
banyan tree
oṣadhīnām ahaṁ yavaḥ
oṣadhīnām
among plants
aham
I
yavaḥ
barley.
Among residences I am Mount Sumeru, and of impervious places I am the Himālayas. Among trees I am the holy fig tree, and among plants I am those that bear grains.
Purport
Oṣadhīnām here indicates those plants that fructify once and then die. Among them, those that give grains, which sustain human life, represent Kṛṣṇa. Without grains it is not possible to produce milk products, nor can one properly perform Vedic fire sacrifices without offerings of grains.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Among residences, I am Mount Sumeru, and among inaccessible places I am the Himalayas. Among trees, I am the holy fig tree, and among plants, I am barley.
Among places of shelter I am Sumeru. Among inaccessible place, I am the Himalayas.
Personal Guidance
Among residences Sumeru, among impervious places Himalaya, among trees the holy fig, among plants grain-bearers. The Lord is at the height of even physical geography.
Reflection Questions
- What physical place evokes the Lord's presence for me, and could I visit it — even in memory — today?
- How does landscape shape devotion?
My note
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