क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत ।
ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥ ३९ ॥
kratoh-of the great sage Kratu; api-also; kriya-Kriya; bharya-wife; valakhilyan-just like Valakhilya; asuyata-begot; rsin-sages; sasti-sixty; sahasrani-thousand; jvalatah-very brilliant; brahma-tejasa-by dint of the Brahman effulgence.
Kratu's wife,
Kriya, gave birth to 60,000 great sages, named the Valakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.
Kriya was the sixth daughter of
Kardama Muni, and she produced 60,000 sages, who were known as the Valakhilyas because they all retired from family life as
vanaprasthas.