Śrī Kṛṣṇa Upaniṣad
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गोपरूपो हरिः साक्षान्मायाविग्रहधारणः
दुर्बोधं कुहकं तस्य मायया मोहितं जगत्

goparūpo hariḥ sākṣānmāyāvigrahadhāraṇaḥ
durbodhaṁ kuhakaṁ tasya māyayā mohitaṁ jagat

WORD BY WORD

gopa — of a gopa; rūpaḥ — the form; hariḥ — Lord Hari; sākṣāt — directly; māyā-vigraha-dhāraṇaḥ — manifesting His form with the aid of His Yogamāyā potency; durbodham — difficult to understand; kuhakam — cheating; tasya — of Him; māyayā — by the illusory potency; mohitam — bewildered; jagat — the world;

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared in His original form as a cowherd boy. Cheated and bewildered by his illusory potency, the world could not understand His true identity.
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