Bhagavad Gita · 10.35
॥
Devanāgarī
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् ।
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bṛhat-sāma tathā sāmnāṁ gāyatrī chandasām aham |
māsānāṁ mārga-śīrṣo 'ham ṛtūnāṁ kusumākaraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बृहत्सामbṛhat-sāmathe Bṛhat-sāma
तथाtathāalso
साम्नाम्sāmnāmof the hymns of the Sāma-veda
गायत्रीgāyatrīthe Gāyatrī
छन्दसाम्chandasāmof all poetic meters
अहम्ahamI
मासानाम्māsānāmof months
मार्गशीर्षःmārga-śīrṣaḥMārgaśīrṣa (November–December)
अहम्ahamI
ऋतूनाम्ṛtūnāmof seasons
कुसुमाकरःkusumākaraḥKusumākara (spring, “the maker of flowers”)
Translation
“Of the hymns of the Sāma-veda I am the Bṛhat-sāma, and of poetic meters, the Gāyatrī. Of months I am Mārgaśīrṣa, and of seasons, the flowering spring.”
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