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बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्। मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।

bṛihat-sāma tathā sāmnāṁ gāyatrī chhandasām aham māsānāṁ mārga-śhīrṣho ’ham ṛitūnāṁ kusumākaraḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 35
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Among the hymns, I am the Brihatsaman; among meters, I am Gayatri; among months, I am Margasirsha; among seasons, I am the flowery season.

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Why: among hymns, he is the Brihatsama, among poetic meters, the Gayatri, among months, Margashirsha, among seasons, spring, continuing the list into specific units of time and artistic form.

In life: certain recurring periods in your own year, a particular season, a specific month, might carry more personal significance or productivity for you than others, worth recognizing rather than treating your calendar as uniform.

Teaching: identify which specific recurring period of your own year tends to carry the most personal significance or productivity for you, and plan your most important efforts around that period rather than assuming every month is equally suited to major undertakings.

bṛihat-sāmathe Brihatsama
tathāalso
sāmnāmamongst the hymns in the Sama Veda
gāyatrīthe Gayatri mantra
chhandasāmamongst poetic meters
ahamI
māsānāmof the twelve months
mārga-śhīrṣhaḥthe month of November-December
ahamI
ṛitūnāmof all seasons
kusuma-ākaraḥspring

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.35 बृहत्साम Brihatsaman? तथा also? साम्नाम् among Sama hymns? गायत्री Gayatri? छन्दसाम् among metres? अहम् I? मासानाम् among months? मार्गशीर्षः Margasirsha? अहम् I? ऋतूनाम् among seasons? कुसुमाकरः the flowery season (spring).Commentary Brihatsaman is the chief of the hymns of the SamaVeda. Brihat means big.Margasirsha From the middle of December to the middle of January. This has a temperate climate. In olden days it was usual to start with this month in counting the months of the year. The first place was given to this month.Kusumakara The beautiful flowery season? the spring.