krator api kriyÄ bhÄryÄ
vÄlakhilyÄn asÅ«yata
ṛṣīn á¹£aá¹£á¹i-sahasrÄṇi
jvalato brahma-tejasÄ
kratoḥ - of the great sage Kratu; api - also; kriyÄ - KriyÄ; bhÄryÄ - wife; vÄlakhilyÄn - just like VÄlakhilya; asÅ«yata - begot; ṛṣīn - sages; á¹£aá¹£á¹i - sixty; sahasrÄṇi - thousand; jvalataḥ - very brilliant; brahma-tejasÄ - by dint of the Brahman effulgence.
KriyÄ was the sixth daughter of Kardama Muni, and she produced sixty thousand sages, who were known as the VÄlakhilyas because they all retired from family life as vÄnaprasthas.