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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.17.25
reto nāvakirej jātu
avakīrne 'vagāhyāpsu
SYNONYMS
retah — semen; na — not; avakiret — should spill out; jātu — ever; brahma-vrata-dharah — one who is maintaining the vow of celibacy, or brahmacarya; svayam — by itself; avakīrne — having flowed out; avagāhya — bathing; apsu — in water; yata-asuh — controlling the breathing by prānāyāma; tri-padām — the Gāyatrī mantra; japet — he should chant.
TRANSLATION
One observing the vow of celibate brahmacārī life should never pass semen. If the semen by chance spills out by itself, the brahmacārī should immediately take bath in water, control his breath by prānāyāma and chant the Gāyatrī mantra
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