Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.18.11

gopa-jāti-praticchannā

devā gopāla-rūpiṇau

īḍire kṛṣṇa-rāmau ca

naṭā iva naṭaḿ nṛpa

SYNONYMS

gopa-jāti — as members of the cowherd community; praticchannāḥ — disguised; devāḥ — demigods; gopāla-rūpiṇau — who had assumed the forms of cowherd boys; īḍire — they worshiped; kṛṣṇa-rāmau — Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma; ca — and; naṭāḥ — professional dancers; iva — just as; naṭam — another dancer; nṛpa — 0 King.

TRANSLATION

O King, demigods disguised themselves as members of the cowherd community and, just as dramatic dancers praise another dancer, worshiped Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, who were also appearing as cowherd boys.

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