Text 41] Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu 31
sahasrani—thousand; jvalatah—very brilliant; brahma-tejasa—by dint of the
Brahman effulgence.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
Kriya is 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.
TEXT 40
saat aft gn afaga WaT |
farsarnana aq AAtTsAM: vel
urjayam jajiire putra
vasisthasya parantapa
citraketu-pradhanas te
sapta brahmarsayo ’malah
urjayam—in Urja; jajfiire-took birth; putrah—sons; vasisthasya—of
the great sage Vasistha; parantapa—O great one; citraketu—Citraketu;
pradhanah—headed by; te—all the sons; sapta—seven; brahmarsayah—great
sages with spiritual knowledge; amalah—without contamination.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Vasistha begot in his wife, Orja, sometimes called
Arundhati, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.
TEXT 41
Rerég: gatas fra fir oa 4
FAM THTAA TAT TATTMSTE [12 UI
