क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा
krator api kriyā bhāryā vālakhilyān asūyata ṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi jvalato brahma-tejasā
Synonyms
kratoḥ—of the great sage Kratu; api—also; kriyā—Kriyā; bhāryā—wife; vālakhilyān—just like Vālakhilya; asūyata—begot; ṛṣīn—sages; ṣaṣṭi—sixty; sahasrāṇi—thousand; jvalataḥ—very brilliant; brahma-tejasā—by dint of the Brahman effulgence..
Translation
Kratu's wife, Kriyā, gave birth to 60,000 great sages, named the Vālakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.
Purport
Kriyā was the sixth daughter of Kardama Muni, and she produced 60,000 sages, who were known as the Vālakhilyas because they all retired from family life as vānaprasthas.