If one is trained to protect his semen by observing celibacy...

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(SB. 8.12.36)

skanne retasi so 'payad €tm€naˆ deva-m€yay€

ja…ktaˆ npa-re˜ha sannyavartata kamal€t

 

O Mah€r€ja Par…kit, best of kings, when Lord ®iva had fully discharged

semen, he could see how he himself had been victimized by the illusion

created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he restrained himself

from any further m€y€.

 

Once one is agitated by lusty desires upon seeing a woman, those desires

increase more and more, but when semen is discharged in the act of sex, the

lusty desires diminish. The same principle acted upon Lord ®iva. He was

allured by the beautiful woman Mohin…-m™rti, but when his semen had been

fully discharged, he came to his senses and realized how he had been

victimized as soon as he saw the woman in the forest. **If one is trained to

protect his semen by observing celibacy, naturally he is not attracted by

the beauty of a woman**. If one can remain a brahmac€r…, he saves himself so

much trouble in material existence. Material existence means enjoying the

pleasure of sexual intercourse (yan maithun€di-ghamedhi-sukham). If one is

educated about sex life and is trained to protect his semen, he is saved

from the danger of material existence.