बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् ।
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥ ३५ ॥
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥ ३५ ॥
bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham .
māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo’hamṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ .. 35 ..
Of Sāmans also I am the Bṛhat-Sāman of metres Gayatri am I, of months I am Marga-sirsha, of seasons the flowery season.
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‘Bṛhat-Sāman’ is the chief of the Sāmans. Of the Riks, composed in Gayatri and other metres, I am the Gayatri Ṛk. The flowery season is what is called Vasanta, the spring.