क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत ।
ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥३९॥

krator api kriyÄ bhÄryÄ
vÄlakhilyÄn asÅ«yata
ṛṣīn á¹£aṣṭi-sahasrÄṇi
jvalato brahma-tejasÄ

 kratoḥ - of the great sage Kratu; api - also; kriyÄ - KriyÄ; bhÄryÄ - wife; vÄlakhilyÄn - just like VÄlakhilya; asÅ«yata - begot; á¹›á¹£Ä«n - sages; á¹£aṣṭi - sixty; sahasrÄṇi - thousand; jvalataḥ - very brilliant; brahma-tejasÄ - by dint of the Brahman effulgence.


Text

Kratu’s wife, KriyÄ, gave birth to sixty thousand great sages, named the VÄlakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.

Purport

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.