बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् ।मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥
bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasām aham | māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo 'ham ṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ ||
- बृहत्साम · bṛhatsāma
- the Brihat-saman
- साम्नाम् · sāmnām
- among saman chants
- गायत्री · gāyatrī
- the Gayatri
- छन्दसाम् · chandasām
- among metres
- मासानाम् · māsānām
- among months
- मार्गशीर्षः · mārgaśīrṣaḥ
- Margashirsha
- ऋतूनाम् · ṛtūnām
- among seasons
- कुसुमाकरः · kusumākaraḥ
- the flower-maker, spring
“Among saman chants I am the Brihat-saman; among metres, the Gayatri. Among months I am Margashirsha, and among seasons the flower-maker, spring.”
— Original plain-language translation
Chant, metre, month, and blossom: worship's music and the year's turning both yield favorites. The Gayatri crowns all metres as dawn's own prayer. Time itself has festive peaks that point to him.
— Reader's notes (original)