Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

बलाबला च विप्रेन्द्रा या च गोपाबला स्मृता तथा तामरसा चैव वरक्रीडा च वै दश

Transliteration

balābalā ca viprendrā yā ca gopābalā smṛtā tathā tāmarasā caiva varakrīḍā ca vai daśa

Translation

(Ito ang mga pangalan:) Balābalā at Viprendrā; at siya na inaalala bilang Gopābalā; gayundin si Tāmarasā at Varakrīḍā—kaya nga, (sa pangkat na ito) ay sampu (ang pagtatalaga).

Word by Word

• बलाबला: Balābalā (a proper name/epithet)

• च: and

• विप्रेन्द्रा: Viprendrā (chief among Brahmin-like/divine feminine epithet

• या: who

• च: and

• गोपाबला: Gopābalā (the ‘cowherd-maiden’/protector-of-cows feminine epithet

• स्मृता: remembered/known as

• तथा: likewise

• तामरसा: Tāmarasā (lotus-associated feminine epithet

• च: and

• एव: indeed

• वरक्रीडा: Varakrīḍā (she whose play is auspicious/excellent

• च: and

• वै: indeed

• दश: ten

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s enumerations to the sages of Naimisharanya)