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TEXT 39
krator api kriya bharya
valakhilyan asuyata
rsin sasti-sahasrani
jvalato brahma-tejasa
SYNONYMS
kratohof the great sage Kratu; apialso; kriyaKriya; bharyawife; valakhilyanjust like Valakhilya; asuyatabegot; rsinsages; sastisixty; sahasranithousand; jvalatahvery brilliant; brahma-tejasaby dint of the Brahman effulgence.
TRANSLATION
Kratus wife, Kriya, gave birth to sixty thousand great sages, named the Valakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.
PURPORT
Kriya was the sixth daughter of Kardama Muni, and she produced sixty thousand sages, who were known as the Valakhilyas because they all retired from family life as vanaprasthas.
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