अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
संततिं ते जुगुप्संते तस्मान्मृत्युस्तु तैर्जितः / अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम्
saṃtatiṃ te jugupsaṃte tasmānmṛtyustu tairjitaḥ / aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām
They shunned progeny; therefore Death itself was conquered by them. There were eighty‑eight thousand sages of upward‑drawn seed (ūrdhva-retas).