# SB 8.1.22 > अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनयो ये धृतव्रताः > अन्वशिक्षन्व्रतं तस्य कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः ॥२२॥ ## Text > 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.**