एतद् ह स्म वै तद् विद्वान् उद्दालकः आरुनिर् आह एतद् ह स्म वै तद् विद्वान् नाको मौद्गल्यः आह एतद् ह स्म वै तद् विद्वान् कुमारहारितः आह बहवो मर्या ब्राह्मनायना निरिन्द्रिया विसुकृतः अस्माल् लोकात् प्रयन्ति यः इदम् अविद्वांसः अधोपहासं चरन्ति इति बहु वा इदम् सुप्तस्य वा जाग्रतो वा रेतः स्कन्दति
etad ha sma vai tad vidvān uddālakaḥ ārunir āha etad ha sma vai tad vidvān nāko maudgalyaḥ āha etad ha sma vai tad vidvān kumārahāritaḥ āha bahavo maryā brāhmanāyanā nirindriyā visukṛtaḥ asmāl lokāt prayanti yaḥ idam avidvāṃsaḥ adhopahāsaṃ caranti iti bahu vā idam suptasya vā jāgrato vā retaḥ skandati
This Uddālaka Āruṇi knew and said; this Nāka Maudgalya knew and said; this Kumārahārita knew and said: "Many mortals, brāhmaṇas by birth, depart from this world impotent and devoid of merit — those who unite without knowing this." [Even] the seed that is spilled in sleep or waking —
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Three great names — Uddālaka, Nāka Maudgalya, Kumārahārita — are called as witnesses: the science of sacred marriage is no private opinion but the teaching of the men of the tradition. And their common verdict is merciless: "many brāhmaṇas by birth depart impotent and devoid of merit" — impoverished of both vīrya and puṇya: high birth does not save one who has squandered the essence of essences without knowledge.
The verse does not frighten — it diagnoses a squandering: the power meant for the continuation of the chain, spent unconsciously, carries merit away with it. The following verses give the remedy — down to a mantra of recovery: here too the Upaniṣad does not moralise but heals.