# Cc. Madhya 20.177 ## 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.**