### SB 4.1.39

> क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत ।\
> ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥३९॥

> krator api kriyā bhāryā\
> vālakhilyān asūyata\
> ṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi\
> jvalato brahma-tejasā

*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.

**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.**

Kriyā is 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.