Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 35

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1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 35

Rasa Krishna

Bhruhat sama tatha samnam gayatri chandsam aham I

Masanam marga shirshah aham rutu nam kusuma akarah II sloka 35

ब्रुहत्  साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसां अहं I
मासानां मार्गसिर्षः अहं ऋतु नां कुसुम आकरः II श्लोक 35 

Of the samam hymns I am the bruhat saman; of the metres I am gayatri. Of months I am margasirsha and of the seasons I am the flowery spring.

Music is one of the means to approach God. Amongthe vedas, Saman abounds with hymns set to music. Narayana is said to be very fond of the saman hymns. In this veda, that portion called as the Bruhat saman is the best. The combination of music and sublime matter have made it so. 

Metre is characteristic of poetry. The vedas contain various types of metres, the Gayatri metre among them being the foremost. Adoration to the respective deities come in their respective gayatri. all found in the vedas. eg. Rudra gayatri etc.

There is a special merit in the month of the Margasirsha. The time before sunrise is called the Brahma muhurtam  the most favourable time for spiritual practices. An earthly year is the day for the devas. Margasirsha is the month of December - January in which the devas Brahma muhurtam is contained. The worship of the god done in this month has a salutary effect on the mind. Therefore, the Lord extols this month as a special attribute of his.

The life of the vegetable kingdom and that of the others too  to some extent get suspended in the snowy winter; but in the spring they get reanimated. Men and beings beam with fresh life and activities. So the lord describes himself as the vasanta or the flowery  spring among the seasons.