A declaration · expansive in mood · a little context helps
“Sacred sound, time, and spring all carry the same presence.”
Among hymns I am the Brihat-Sama; among meters I am Gayatri. Among months I am Margashirsha; among seasons I am spring.
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Read literallythe Brihat-Sama hymn · and · among hymns · Gayatri · among meters · I am · among months · Margashirsha · I am · among seasons · spring
Krishna says he is the finest sacred chant, the most revered meter, the best month, and the season of spring.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Vibhuti Yoga" (The Yoga of Divine Glories).
Verse 35 sits in Chapter 10 of the Bhagavad Gita — Vibhuti Yoga, "The Yoga of Divine Glories". The chapter has 42 verses in total.
You hear a hymn in a temple and feel your chest soften. You notice first rain after a dry stretch and something in you wakes up. Krishna says that recognition is not accidental.
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Gayatri among metres, Margashirsha among months, spring among seasons: Krishna sits in the calendar too.
What this verse means
Krishna says he is the finest sacred chant, the most revered meter, the best month, and the season of spring.
Context & commentary
Krishna keeps widening Arjuna's vision of where he can be found. After naming death, memory, and speech as his forms, he now points to sacred sound, time, and the turning of the seasons. The teaching is that nothing beautiful or ordered stands outside him.
What it looks like today
You hear a hymn in a temple and feel your chest soften. You notice first rain after a dry stretch and something in you wakes up. Krishna says that recognition is not accidental.
“Beauty, rhythm, and renewal are not separate from the divine presence.”
Explore related themes: vibhuti (43 verses)