Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.39
क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्या वालखिल्यानसूयत ।
ऋषीन्षष्टिसहस्राणि ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥ ३९ ॥
krator api kriyā bhāryā
[krator api kriyaa bhaaryaa]
vālakhilyān asūyata
[vaalakhilyaan asooyata]
ṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi
[risheen shashti-sahasraani]
jvalato brahma-tejasā
[jvalato brahma-tejasaa]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
krator api kriyā bhāryā
kratoḥ
of the great sage Kratu
api
also
kriyā
Kriyā
bhāryā
wife
vālakhilyān asūyata
vālakhilyān
just like Vālakhilya
asūyata
begot
ṛṣīn ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi
ṛṣīn
sages
ṣaṣṭi
sixty
sahasrāṇi
thousand
jvalato brahma-tejasā
jvalataḥ
very brilliant
brahma-tejasā
by dint of the Brahman effulgence.
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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Kratu's wife, Kriyā, gave birth to sixty thousand great sages, named the Vālakhilyas, who were brilliant with spiritual knowledge.
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Personal Guidance
Kratu's wife birthed sixty thousand Vālakhilya sages — their bodies illuminated by knowledge. Genuine spiritual knowledge changes how you look; it doesn't stay theoretical. Notice whether your face shows what you study.
Reflection Questions
- Does the knowledge I claim show in how I appear and act?
- What would 'illuminated by knowledge' look like in my daily life?
My note
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