गोपजातिप्रतिच्छन्ना देवा गोपालरूपिणौ । ईडिरे कृष्णरामौ च नटा इव नटं नृप ॥ ११ ॥
gopa-jāti-praticchannā devā gopāla-rūpiṇau īḍire kṛṣṇa-rāmau ca naṭā iva naṭaṁ nṛpa
- 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
- O King
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.