SB 11.17.25

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 17: Lord Kṛṣṇa's Description of the Varṇāśrama System

SB 11.17.24

SB 11.17.26

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 25

reto nāvakirej jātu
brahma-vrata-dharaḥ svayam
avakīrṇe 'vagāhyāpsu
yatāsus tri-padāṁ japet

SYNONYMS

retaḥ—semen; na—not; avakiret—should spill out; jātu—ever; brahma-vrata-dharaḥ—one who is maintaining the vow of celibacy, or brahmacarya; svayam—by itself; avakīrṇe—having flowed out; avagāhya—bathing; apsu—in water; yata-asuḥ—controlling the breathing by prāṇāyāma; 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 prāṇāyāma and chant the Gāyatrī mantra