Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 35

बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् । मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः

bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham | māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'hamṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ

Translation

Of Sāmans also I am the Bṛhat-Sāman, of metres Gāyatrī am I, of months I am Mārgaśīrṣa, of seasons the flowery season.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

bṛhatsāma

Brihatsāman

tathā

also

sāmnām

of Sāma hymns

gāyatrī

Gāyatrī

chandasām

of metres

aham

I

māsānām

of months

mārgaśīrṣaḥ

Mārgashīrsha

aham

I

ṛtūnām

of seasons

kusumākaraḥ

of flowers, the mine

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

'Bṛhat-Sāman' is the chief of the Sāmans. Of the Ṛks, composed in Gāyatrī and other metres, I am the Gāyatrī Ṛk. The flowery season is what is called Vasanta, the spring.