SB 1.5.23
निरूपितो बालक एव योगिनां शुश्रूषणे प्रावृषि निर्विविक्षताम् ॥ २३ ॥
dāsyās tu kasyāścana veda-vādinām
nirūpito bālaka eva yogināṁ
śuśrūṣaṇe prāvṛṣi nirvivikṣatām
Synonyms
mune — O muni; purā — in the previous evolutionary cycle [or day of Brahmā (pūrva-kalpe)91]; atīta-bhave — in my past birth [pūrva-janmani]; aham — I; abhavam — was born [jāto’smi]; kasyāścana — of [i.e., from (sakāśāt)] a certain; dāsyāḥ — maidservant; veda-vādinām — of brāhmaṇas who were learned in the Vedas; bālakaḥ eva tu — although only a small boy; nirūpitaḥ — I was engaged [niyuktaḥ]; śuśrūṣaṇe — in the service [sevāyām92]; yoginām — of yogīs [of bhakti-yogīs, since it is specified three verses later that they would daily sing the narrations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (agre vakṣyamāṇatvād bhakti-yogavatām)93]; nirvivikṣatām — who wished to stay in one place [nirveśam ekatra-vāsaṁ kartum icchatām]; prāvṛṣi — for the duration of the rainy season [(vārṣā-kāle);94 during the four-month period known as cāturmāsya, signified by way of reference to the rainy season (varṣo’palakṣite cātur-māsye)].
Translation
O muni, in the previous evolutionary cycle, in my past birth, I was born from a certain maidservant of brāhmaṇas who were learned in the Vedas. Although only a small boy, I was engaged in the service of yogīs who wished to stay in one place for the duration of the rainy season.