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ŚB 10.37.28

Devanagari

मयपुत्रो महामायो व्योमो गोपालवेषधृक् ।
मेषायितानपोवाह प्रायश्चोरायितो बहून् ॥ २८ ॥

Text

maya-putro mahā-māyo
vyomo gopāla-veṣa-dhṛk
meṣāyitān apovāha
prāyaś corāyito bahūn

Synonyms

maya-putraḥ — a son of the demon Maya; mahā māyaḥ — a powerful magician; vyomaḥ — named Vyoma; gopāla — of a cowherd boy; veṣa — the disguise; dhṛk — assuming; meṣāyitān — those who were acting as sheep; apovāha — he took away; prāyaḥ — almost all; corāyitaḥ — pretending to be playing as a thief; bahūn — many.

Translation

A powerful magician named Vyoma, son of the demon Maya, then appeared on the scene in the guise of a cowherd boy. Pretending to join the game as a thief, he proceeded to steal most of the cowherd boys who were acting as sheep.