मयपुत्रो महामायो व्योमो गोपालवेषधृक् । मेषायितानपोवाह प्रायश्चोरायितो बहून् ॥ २८ ॥
maya-putro mahā-māyo vyomo gopāla-veṣa-dhṛk meṣāyitān apovāha prāyaś corāyito bahūn
- 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
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.