Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.37.28
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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maya-putraḥ
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son of Maya (the demon-architect)
Maya (the demon master of illusion) + putra (son). Vyoma is illusion's heir. Gauḍīyas treasure this naming — the danger is genealogical, the disguise is inherited.
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vyomaḥ
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Vyoma — 'sky'
Vyoman — the sky, empty space. The demon's name is the void itself. Gauḍīyas note: the false friend is named after emptiness — he looks like presence but is absence wearing presence's clothes.
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gopāla-veṣa-dhṛk
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wearing the disguise of a cowherd boy
Gopāla (cowherd) + veṣa (costume) + dhṛk (wearer). The most painful detail — he wears the dress of Kṛṣṇa's own role. Gauḍīyas read this as the warning about pseudo-devotees: the wolf in vaiṣṇava-cloth is the most dangerous predator in Vraja's woods.
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corāyitaḥ
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pretending to be (playing as) a thief
Denominative from cora — acting the thief. Within the game he plays a thief; in reality he is a thief. Gauḍīyas relish the layering: the demon's true nature shows through his chosen game-role.
Vyomasura stole away almost all of the cowherd boys acting as sheep.
Vyoma stole nearly all the boys playing sheep. Only four or five remained.
Maya was famous among magician demons (mahāmāyavin). His son was Vyoma, and thus called Mahāmāya. Or because he had great powers (mahāmāyaḥ) he disguised himself as a cowherd. They did not recognize him as a demon. Or “Why did the Lord accept him in their playing?” He had accepted the dress of a cowherd. He should be merciful to him since he dressed as a cowherd. He stole most of the boys (prāyaḥ bahūn) and only four or five remained. Or the demon showed that his goal was bhakti (pra ayaḥ). Thus he was given some consideration. Or because of that the boys did not shout everywhere about him.
Vyomāsura, son of Maya the great architect of illusion, slips into the game in cowherd-boy costume — the wolf wearing the shepherd's coat, the false friend wearing the face of a real one. The game continues; the boys do not notice. The Lord notices.
Vyoma is the son of Maya Dānava, the same Maya who built the assembly hall for the Pāṇḍavas (Mahābhārata, Sabhā-parva). Maya is the master of illusory architecture; his son inherits the family trade — making the false look like the true.
Gauḍīyas read Maya-putra as a doctrinal warning embedded in narrative form: the most dangerous asura is not the one who comes openly as a horse-demon (Keśī) but the one who joins the game pretending to be one of the boys. The first you can see; the second you can only see if Kṛṣṇa sees for you.
My note
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