Verse 35

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In plain words

Among Sama hymns I am the Brihat-Sama; among metres I am Gāyatrī; among months I am Margashirsha; among seasons I am the flowering spring.

Word for word

The Bṛhat Sāman likewise among sāmans, the Gāyatrī among metres [am] I; among months I [am] Mārgaśīrṣa, among seasons the flowering [spring].

The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· bhāṣya

बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां प्रधानमस्मि । गायत्री च्छन्दसाम् अहं गायत्र्यादिच्छन्दोविशिष्टानामृचां गायत्री ऋक् अहम् अस्मि इत्यर्थः । मासानां मार्गशीर्षः अहम् , ऋतूनां कुसुमाकरः वसन्तः ॥ ३५ ॥

In plain words

Among the sāman chants, I am the Bṛhat-sāman, its very foremost. Among poetic meters, I am the Gāyatrī — that is, among verses composed in meters beginning with Gāyatrī, I am the Gāyatrī verse itself. Among months, I am Mārgaśīrṣa. And among the seasons, I am spring, the very maker of flowers.

Close to the Sanskrit

Bṛhat-sāman, likewise, among sāman chants, I am the foremost. Gāyatrī, among meters, I — of verses distinguished by meters beginning with Gāyatrī — Gāyatrī, the verse, I am; this is the meaning. Among months, Mārgaśīrṣa, I; among seasons, the producer of flowers, spring.