SB 8.1.22
TEXT 22
- aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇi
- munayo ye dhṛta-vratāḥ
- anvaśikṣan vrataṁ tasya
- kaumāra-brahmacāriṇaḥ
SYNONYMS
aṣṭāśīti—eighty-eight; sahasrāṇi—thousand; munayaḥ—great saintly persons; ye—those who; dhṛta-vratāḥ—fixed in vows; anvaśikṣan—took instructions; vratam—vows; tasya—from him (Vibhu); kaumāra—who was unmarried; brahmacāriṇaḥ—and fixed in the brahmacārī stage of life.
TRANSLATION
Vibhu remained a brahmacāri and never married throughout his life. From him, eighty-eight thousand other saintly persons took lessons on self-control, austerity and similar behavior.