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.

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.