क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत । ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥ ३९ ॥
krator api kriya bharya valakhilyan asuyata rsin sasti-sahasrani jvalato brahma-tejasa
- 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 sixty thousand great sages, named the Valakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.