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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.57
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 57
- retas tasmād āpa āsan
- nirabhidyata vai gudam
- gudād apāno 'pānāc ca
- mṛtyur loka-bhayaṅkaraḥ
retaḥsemen — semen; tasmātfrom that — from that; āpaḥthe god who presides over the waters — the god who presides over the waters; āsanappeared — appeared; nirabhidyatawas manifested — was manifested; vaiindeed — indeed; gudaman anus — an anus; gudātfrom the anus — from the anus; apānaḥthe organ of defecation — the organ of defecation; apānātfrom the organ of defecation — from the organ of defecation; caand — and; mṛtyuḥdeath — death; lokacausing fear throughout the universe-bhayamcausing fear throughout the universe-karaḥcausing fear throughout the universe — causing fear throughout the universe.
After this, semen (the faculty of procreation) and the god who presides over the waters appeared. Next appeared an anus and then the organs of defecation and thereupon the god of death, who is feared throughout the universe.
It is understood herewith that the faculty to discharge semen is the cause of death. Therefore, yogīs and transcendentalists who want to live for greater spans of life voluntarily restrain themselves from discharging semen. The more one can restrain the discharge of semen, the more one can be aloof from the problem of death. There are many yogīs living up to three hundred or seven hundred years by this process, and in the Bhāgavatam it is clearly stated that discharging semen is the cause of horrible death. The more one is addicted to sexual enjoyment, the more susceptible he is to a quick death.