उपनिषद् · Aitareya 1,3.9
॥
देवनागरी
तत् शिश्नेन अजिघृक्षत् तत् न अशक्नोत् शिश्नेन ग्रहीतुम् सः यत् ह एनत् शिश्नेन अग्रहैष्यत् विसृज्य हैव अन्नम् अत्रप्स्यत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tat śiśnena ajighṛkṣat tat na aśaknot śiśnena grahītum saḥ yat ha enat śiśnena agrahaiṣyat visṛjya haiva annam atrapsyat
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तत्tatthat; it
शिश्नेनśiśnenawith the generative organ; with the male organ
अजिघृक्षत्ajighṛkṣathe tried to seize; he wished to take
तत्tatthat; it
नnanot; no
अशक्नोत्aśaknothe was able; he had the power
शिश्नेनśiśnenawith the generative organ; with the male organ
ग्रहीतुम्grahītumto seize; to take
सःsaḥhe; that one
यत्yatwhen; that
हhaindeed; surely
एनत्enatthis; it
शिश्नेनśiśnenawith the generative organ; with the male organ
अग्रहैष्यत्agrahaiṣyatwould have seized; would have taken
विसृज्यvisṛjyahaving emitted (vi-√sṛj — 'to discharge'); having released; having spent himself
हैवhaivaprecisely then; verily
अन्नम्annamfood; nourishment
अत्रप्स्यत्atrapsyathe would have been satisfied; he would have mastered the food
अनुवाद
He wished to seize it with the generative organ — and could not seize it with that. If he had seized it with that, one would be satisfied with food merely by emitting [seed].
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The seventh attempt — śiśnena: with the generative power. If it could seize food — visṛjya haiva annam atrapsyat — "one would be full by emitting".
The miss is deeper than it seems: the generative power is the most creative of the bodily powers, the continuer of worlds; but its gesture is a giving-out (vi-√sṛj — "to discharge"), the opposite of assimilation: it sows, it does not reap. That is why the pleasure of this power does not satisfy — it empties: he who spends it in pursuit of fullness is hungrier than before (the Kaṭha, of all delights: "they wear out the vigour of the senses").
In this miss is the verdict on the whole strategy of "satiety through enjoyment": sex does not seize food, as a mouth does not bear children: confused services yield hunger instead of fullness. Seven faculties — from speech to seed — have signed their confession of impotence; one remains, the least presentable of all — and it is precisely to it that the victory will fall.