Valakhilyas

Mbh.1.30.1744	Desiring as he did to save the Valakhilyas, he saw not a spot whereon to sit.
Mbh.1.30.1749	The Valakhilyas, supporting themselves by drinking the rays of the sun, might, if angry, blast thee'
Mbh.1.30.1750	Sauti continued, Kasyapa then propitiated, for the sake of his son, the Valakhilyas of exceeding good fortune and whose sins had been destroyed by ascetic penances'
Mbh.1.30.1782	Vrihaspati answered, O chief of the gods, O thou of a thousand sacrifices, it is from thy fault and carelessness, and owing also to the ascetic penance of the high-souled great Rishis, the Valakhilyas, that the son of Kasyapa and Vinata, a ranger of the skies endued with great strength and possessing the capacity of assuming at will any form, is approaching to take away the Soma.
Mbh.1.31.1799	How was Garuda born in consequence of the ascetic penances of the Valakhilyas?
Mbh.1.31.1807	And Indra was appointed by Kasyapa to bring the sacrificial fuel; and with him those ascetics the Valakhilyas, and all the other deities.
Mbh.1.31.1818	And the Prajapati Kasyapa, hearing everything from Indra, went to the Valakhilyas and asked them if their sacrifice had been successful.
Mbh.1.31.1826	And the Valakhilyas, thus addressed by Kasyapa, after offering reverence to that first of the Munis, viz, the Prajapati Kasyapa, spake unto him: The Valakhilyas said, O Prajapati, this sacrifice of us all is for an Indra!
Mbh.1.31.1834	By the penances of the Valakhilyas and by virtue of the desire with which I commenced my sacrifice, those sons shall be of exceedingly good fortune and worshipped in the three worlds'
Mbh.1.70.3677	And he saw seated in it numerous Yotis, Valakhilyas and other Munis.
Mbh.1.71.3781	At the thought of his prowess Yama, Soma, the great Rishis, the Saddhyas, the Viswas, Valakhilyas, are terrified!
Mbh.1.212.10403	There were present that God of gods, viz, Mahadeva, and Agni, accompanied by Vayu, and Soma and Surya and Sakra, and Rishis devoted to the contemplation of Brahma, and the Vaikhanasas, the Valakhilyas, the Vanaprasthas, the Marichipas, the Ajas, the Avimudas, and other ascetics of great energy.
Mbh.3.125.6372	And the saints are in attendance here on all sides round, they are the dwellers of the wood and the Valakhilyas, and the Pavakas, who subsist on air only.
Mbh.3.141.7173	It is frequented and worshipped by high-souled Vaihayasas, Valakhilyas and Gandharvas of mighty souls.
Mbh.9.43.3095	The diverse gods, Indra and Vishnu, both of great energy, and Surya and Candramas, and Dhatri, and Vidhatri, and Vayu, and Agni, and Pushan, and Bhaga, and Aryaman, and Ansa, and Vivaswat, and Rudra of great intelligence, and Mitra, and the eleven Rudras, the eight Vasus, the twelve Adityas, the twin Ashvinis, the Viswedevas, the Maruts, the Saddhyas, the Pitris, the Gandharvas, the Apsaras, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Pannagas, innumerable celestial Rishis, the Vaikhanasas, the Valakhilyas, those others among Rishis that subsist only on air and those that subsist on the rays of the Sun, the descendants of Bhrigu and Angiras, many high-souled Yatis, all the Vidyadharas, all those that were crowned with ascetic success, the Grandsire, Pulastya, Pulaha of great ascetic merits, Angiras, Kasyapa, Atri, Marichi, Bhrigu, Kratu, Hara, Prachetas, Manu, Daksha, the Seasons, the Planets, and all the luminaries; O monarch, all the rivers in their embodied forms, the eternal Vedas, the Seas, the diverse tirthas, the Earth, the Sky, the Cardinal and Subsidiary points of the compass, and all the Trees, O king, Aditi the mother of the gods, Hri, Sri, Swaha, Sarasvati, Uma, Sachi, Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu, the Day of the new moon, the Day of the full Moon, the wives of the denizens of heaven, Himavat, Vindhya, Meru of many summits, Airavat with all his followers, the Divisions of time called Kala, Kashtha, Fortnight, the Seasons, Night, and Day, O king, the prince of steeds, Ucchaisravas, Vasuki the king of the Snakes, Aruna, Garuda, the Trees, the deciduous herbs, and the adorable god Dharma, all came there together.
Mbh.12.58.3229	The Valakhilyas became his counsellors, and the Saraswatas his companions.
Mbh.13.10.585	Large numbers of Valakhilyas and many that were observant of the vow of Sanyasa also, used to dwell there.
Mbh.13.85.7792	The diminutive Rishis called Valakhilyas sprang from the blades of Kusa grass spread out in that sacrifice.
Mbh.13.94.8551	There were also the Rishi Galava, and Ashtaka and Bharadwaja and Arundhati and the Valakhilyas; and Sivi and Dilipa and Nahusha and Amvarisha and the royal Yayati and Dhundhumara and Puru.
Mbh.13.94.8630	The Valakhilyas said, Let him who has stolen thy stalks stand on one foot at the entrance of a village for earning his subsistence!
Mbh.13.115.10264	The seven celestial Rishis, the Valakhilyas, and those Rishis who drink the rays of the sun, endued with great wisdom, applaud abstention from meat.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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