Canto 11, Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Verse 27 (SB 11.16.27)
SB 11.16.27 • मूल श्लोक

संवत्सरोऽस्म्यनिमिषामृतूनां मधुमाधवौ । मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहं नक्षत्राणां तथाभिजित् ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

saṁvatsaro ’smy animiṣām ṛtūnāṁ madhu-mādhavau māsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo ’haṁ nakṣatrāṇāṁ tathābhijit

Synonyms (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.

Translation

“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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda