अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनयो ये धृतव्रताः ।
अन्वशिक्षन्व्रतं तस्य कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ २२ ॥
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.