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.

“In His original form, the Lord dresses like a cowherd boy and thinks Himself one. When He appears as Vāsudeva, the son of Vasudeva and Devakī, His dress and consciousness are those of a kṣatriya, a warrior.