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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.21

ధిష్ణ్యానామస్మ్యహం మేరుర్గహనానాం హిమాలయ: । వనస్పతీనామశ్వత్థ ఓషధీనామహం యవ: ॥ ౨౧ ॥
dhiṣṇyānām asmy ahaṁ merur
[dhishnyaanaam asmy aham merur]
gahanānāṁ himālayaḥ
[gahanaanaam himaalayah]
vanaspatīnām aśvattha
[vanaspateenaam ashvattha]
oṣadhīnām ahaṁ yavaḥ
[oshadheenaam aham yavah]
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.

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
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.
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