# SB 4.1.39 > क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत । > ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥३९॥ ## Text > krator api kriyā bhāryā > vālakhilyān asūyata > ṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi > jvalato brahma-tejasā ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **Kratu's wife, Kriyā, gave birth to sixty thousand great sages, named the Vālakhilyas. All these sages were greatly advanced in spiritual knowledge, and their bodies were illuminated by such knowledge.** ## Purport Kriyā was the sixth daughter of Kardama Muni, and she produced sixty thousand sages, who were known as the Vālakhilyas because they all retired from family life as *vānaprasthas.*