Bhagavad Gita BG 10.35
Chapter 10, Verse 35 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् । मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहम् ऋतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥
brhat-sama tatha samnam gayatri chandasam aham masanam margashirsho 'ham rtunam kusuma-karah
Meaning
Among the Sama hymns I am the Brihatsama; among meters (chandas) I am the Gayatri; among months I am Margashirsha; among seasons I am the flower-bearing (kusuma-kara) spring.
Understanding
Four vibhutis spanning sacred sound, time, and season: (1) Samnam Brhat-sama — among the Sama Veda hymns, I am the Brihatsama, the great (brhat) Sama. The Sama Veda is the musical/chanted Veda; the Brihatsama is its most exalted, most expansive hymn. (2) Chandasam Gayatri — among all metrical forms (chandas), I am the Gayatri, the sacred 24-syllable meter of the Gayatri Mantra (Rigveda 3.62.10), considered the mother of all Vedas, the meter of liberation. (3) Masanam Margashirsha — among months I am Margashirsha (November-December), considered in the tradition the most auspicious month, the beginning of the ideal portion of the year when crops are harvested and the air is clear. (4) Rtunam Kusumakara — among seasons, the flower-bearing spring (Vasanta, the season of blossoming). Spring as the vibhuti — the season when life manifests most exuberantly, most beautifully.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| बृहत्साम | brhat-sama | the great Sama — the most exalted hymn of the Sama Veda |
| गायत्री | gayatri | the Gayatri meter — the sacred 24-syllable meter of the Gayatri Mantra, mother of all Vedas |
| छन्दसाम् | chandasam | among meters, among prosodic forms |
| मार्गशीर्षः | margashirsho | Margashirsha — the month of November-December (auspicious, harvest month) |
| कुसुमाकरः | kusuma-karah | flower-bearing, the spring season (kusuma = flower + akara = bearer/maker) |
| बृहत्-साम | bṛhat-sāma | the Brihatsama (a Vedic hymn) |
| तथा | tathā | also |
| साम्नाम् | sāmnām | of the Sama hymns |
| गायत्री | gāyatrī | the Gayatri (sacred meter) |
| छन्दसाम् | chandasām | of meters |
| अहम् | aham | I am |
| मासानाम् | māsānām | of months |
| मार्गशीर्षः | mārgaśīrṣaḥ | Margashirsha (November–December) |
| अहम् | aham | I am |
| ऋतूनाम् | ṛtūnām | of seasons |
| कुसुम-आकरः | kusuma-ākaraḥ | spring (the flower-bearer) |
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