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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલક.
[ alloja joys and pleasures of their sweet home, and they, through their own ignorance and foolish unnatural acts, hurl themselves down in the abyss of misery, pain and misfortune.
Contrasted with the well-preserved men, who enjoy each and every moment of their existence, they are completely wretched and miserable. The wellpreserved youths are buoyant, cheerful, optimistic, robust and powerful. They truly enjoy what it is to live and exist. They are not easily fatigued in their undertakings and in the end it is they only who prosper and enjoy this world.
While the other weak party is coy, shy, effiminate, pessimistic, cheerless, unable to possess the enduring power, quite unfit to move themselves in this time of keen competition and as it were carrying their life-time half dead, and full of pain and misery.
It is the duty, even of householders to preserve the seminal fluid. They are also required by the skāstras to observe strict rule of partial celibacy.
This practice is carried lifelong by some and in consequence they achieve very remarkable success in the world. It is not impossible to be practised, if one is determined to do it. If one is desirous of preserving his Virya, he should particularly pay attention to his diet. His diet should be simple, his bed little rough, and his thoughts pure and holy, and if he successfully carries out his resolution, he is sure to taste the sweet fruits of his persistent efforts.
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