The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Having known this, Uddalaka the son of Aruna, Naka
the son of Mudgala and Kumara-harita said: "Many
mortals, brahmins only in name, perform the sexual
act without knowledge of what has been said and
depart from this world impotent and without merit."
Even if this much semen-of one asleep or of one
awake-is spilled,
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He should touch it and repeat the following mantra:
"Whatever semen of mine has spilt on earth, whatever
has flowed to plants, whatever to water, I reclaim it."
With these words he should take the semen with his ring
finger and thumb and rub it between his breasts or
eyebrows, repeating the following mantra: "Let the
semen return to me, let Vigour come to me again, let
glow and good fortune come to me again. May the
deities who dwell in the sacrificial fire put the semen
back in its proper place."
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Now, if a man sees himself (his reflection) in water, he
should recite the following mantra:
"May the gods bestow on me vigour, manhood, fame,
wealth and merit."
In praise of the wife who will bear him a son:
She (his wife) has put on the soiled clothes of impurity;
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