अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनयो ये धृतव्रता: । अन्वशिक्षन्व्रतं तस्य कौमारब्रह्मचारिण: ॥ २२ ॥
astasiti-sahasrani munayo ye dhrta-vratah anvasiksan vratam tasya kaumara-brahmacarinah
- astasiti
- eighty-eight
- sahasrani
- thousand
- munayah
- great saintly persons
- ye
- those who
- dhrta-vratah
- fixed in vows
- anvasiksan
- took instructions
- vratam
- vows
- tasya
- from him (Vibhu)
- kaumara
- who was unmarried
- brahmacarinah
- and fixed in the brahmacari stage of life.
Vibhu remained a brahmacari and never married throughout his life. From him, eighty-eight thousand other saintly persons took lessons on self-control, austerity and similar behavior.