अहं पुराभवं कश्चिद्गन्धर्व उपबर्हण: । नाम्नातीते महाकल्पे गन्धर्वाणां सुसम्मत: ॥ ६९ ॥
aham purabhavam kascid gandharva upabarhanah namnatite maha-kalpe gandharvanam susammatah
- aham
- I myself
- pura
- formerly
- abhavam
- existed as
- kascit gandharvah
- one of the denizens of Gandharvaloka
- upabarhanah
- Upabarhana
- namna
- by the name
- atite
- long, long ago
- maha-kalpe
- in a life of Brahma, which is known as a maha-kalpa
- gandharvanam
- among the Gandharvas
- su-sammatah
- a very respectable person.
Long, long ago, in another maha-kalpa (millennium of Brahma), I existed as the Gandharva known as Upabarhana. I was very respected by the other Gandharvas.