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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
semina up to the brain. They are called  ūrdhva-retāḥ , those who lift up. Semina is so important that if, by the yogic process, one can lift the semina up to the brain, he can perform wonderful work—one's memory is enabled to act very swiftly, and the duration of life is increased.  Yogīs  can thus perform all kinds of austerity with steadiness and can be elevated to the highest perfectional stage, even to the spiritual world. Vivid examples of  brahmacārīs  who accepted this principle of life are the four sages of Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana and Sanat-kumāra, as well as Nārada and others.
Another significant phrase here is  naite grhān hy āvasan , "they did not live at home."  Gṛha  means home as well as wife. In fact, home means wife; home does not mean a room or a house. One who lives with a wife lives at home, otherwise a  sannyāsī  or  brahmacārī , even though he may live in a room or in a house, does not live at home. That they did not live at home means that they did not accept a wife, and so there was no question of their discharging semina. Semina is meant to be discharged when one has a home, a wife and the intention to beget children, otherwise there is no injunction for discharging semina. These principles were followed from the beginning of creation, and such  brahmacārīs  never created progeny. This narration deals with the descendants of Lord Brahmā from Manu's daughter Prasūti. Prasūti's daughter was Dākṣāyaṇī or Satī, in relation to whom the story of the Dakṣa  yajña  was narrated. Maitreya is now explaining about the progeny of the sons of Brahmā. Out of the many sons of Brahmā, the  brahmacārī  sons headed by Sanaka and Nārada did not marry at all, and therefore there is no question of narrating the history of their descendants.
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मृषाधर्मस्य मार्याऽऽसीदम्भं मायां च शत्रुहन्। अस्त मिथुनं तत्तु निर्ऋतिर्जगृहेऽप्रजः ॥ २ ॥
mṛṣādharmasya bhāryāsīd   dambhaṁ māyāṁ ca śatru-han   asūta mithunaṁ tat tu   nirṛtir jagrhe 'prajaḥ
mṛṣā —Mṛṣā;  adharmasya —of Irreligion;  bhāryā —wife;  āsīt —was;  dambham —Bluffing;  māyāṃ —Cheating;  ca —and;  śatru-han —O slayer of enemies;