अहं पुरातीतभवेऽभवं मुने दास्यास्तु कस्याश्चन वेदवादिनाम् । निरूपितो बालक एव योगिनां शुश्रूषणे प्रावृषि निर्विविक्षताम् ॥ २३ ॥
aham puratita-bhave ’bhavam mune dasyas tu kasyascana veda-vadinam nirupito balaka eva yoginam susrusane pravrsi nirviviksatam
- aham
- I
- pura
- formerly
- atita-bhave
- in the previous millennium
- abhavam
- became
- mune
- O muni
- dasyah
- of the maidservant
- tu
- but
- kasyascana
- certain
- veda-vadinam
- of the followers of Vedanta
- nirupitah
- engaged
- balakah
- boy servant
- eva
- only
- yoginam
- of the devotees
- susrusane
- in the service of
- pravrsi
- during the four months of the rainy season
- nirviviksatam
- living together.
O muni, in the last millennium I was born as the son of a certain maidservant engaged in the service of brahmanas who were following the principles of Vedanta. When they were living together during the four months of the rainy season, I was engaged in their personal service.