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अहं पुराभवं कश्चिद् गन्धर्व उपबर्हणः ।
नाम्नातीते महाकल्पे गन्धर्वाणां सुसम्मतः ॥ 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.