# Cc. Madhya 20.177
> স্বয়ংরূপের গোপবেশ, গোপ-অভিমান ।
> বাসুদেবের ক্ষত্রিয়-বেশ, ‘আমি — ক্ষত্রিয়’-জ্ঞান ॥১৭৭॥
## Text
> sva yaṁ-rūpera gopa-veśa, gopa-abhimāna
> vāsudevera kṣatriya-veśa, 'āmi—kṣatriya'-jñāna
## Synonyms
*svayam-rūpera*—of the original form; *gopa-veśa*—the dress of a cowherd boy; *gopa-abhimāna*—thinking Himself a cowherd boy; *vāsudevera*—of Vāsudeva, the son of Vasudeva and Devakī; *kṣatriya-veśa*—the dress is like that of a kṣatriya; *āmi*—I; *kṣatriya*—a kṣatriya; *jñāna*—knowledge.
## Translation
**"In His original form, the Lord dresses like a cowherd boy and thinks Himself one of them. When He appears as Vāsudeva, the son of Vasudeva and Devakī, His dress and consciousness are those of a kṣatriya, a warrior.**