Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.27
संवत्सरोऽस्म्यनिमिषामृतूनां मधुमाधवौ ।
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहं नक्षत्राणां तथाभिजित् ॥ २७ ॥
saṁvatsaro ’smy animiṣām
[samvatsaro ’smy animishaam]
ṛtūnāṁ madhu-mādhavau
[ritoonaam madhu-maadhavau]
māsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo ’haṁ
[maasaanaam maargasheersho ’ham]
nakṣatrāṇāṁ tathābhijit
[nakshatraanaam tathaabhijit]
Word-for-word
saṁvatsaraḥ
—
the year
asmi
—
I am
animiṣām
—
among the vigilant cycles of time
ṛtūnām
—
among seasons
madhu-mādhavau
—
spring
māsānām
—
among months
mārgaśīrṣaḥ
—
Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December)
aham
—
I am
nakṣatrāṇām
—
among asterisms
tathā
—
similarly
abhijit
—
Abhijit.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
saṁvatsaro ’smy animiṣām
saṁvatsaraḥ
the year
ṛtūnāṁ madhu-mādhavau
māsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo ’haṁ
asmi
I am
animiṣām
among the vigilant cycles of time
ṛtūnām
among seasons
madhu-mādhavau
spring
māsānām
among months
mārgaśīrṣaḥ
Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December)
aham
I am
nakṣatrāṇāṁ tathābhijit
nakṣatrāṇām
among asterisms
tathā
similarly
abhijit
Abhijit.
Among the vigilant cycles of time I am the year, and among seasons I am spring. Among months I am Mārgaśīrṣa, and among lunar houses I am the auspicious Abhijit.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Among measures of time, I am the year, and among seasons, I am spring. Among months, I am Mārgaśīrṣa, and among constellations, I am the auspicious Abhijit.
Among measurements of time I am the year. Among season I am spring. Among constellations I am Abhijit, the fourth part of Uttarāśāḍhā constellation and the first quartert of Śravaṇa constellation. This is explained by śruti. Abhijin nāma nakṣatram upariṣṭād aṣāḍhānām adhas tāc chroṇāyāḥ: Abhijit constellation is last part of Uttarāśādḥā and the first part of Śravaṇa constellation.
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Personal Guidance
Among time cycles the year, among seasons spring, among months Mārgaśīrṣa, among lunar houses Abhijit. Time itself has a hierarchy with the Lord at its peaks.
Reflection Questions
- What seasons of my own life feel like 'spring' — and what does that name reveal?
- How might I honor the timing the Lord is using?
My note
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