Charak Samhita

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रस इक्षौ यथा दध्नि सर्पिस्तैलं तिले यथा| सर्वत्रानुगतं देहे शुक्रं संस्पर्शने तथा ||४६||

sanskrit

[Description of Shukra] As the juice exists in the sugarcane, ghee in the whole curd, and oil exists in whole part of the sesame seed, in the same way, semen pervades in the entire body which has the sensation of touch.

english translation

rasa ikSau yathA dadhni sarpistailaM tile yathA| sarvatrAnugataM dehe zukraM saMsparzane tathA ||46||

hk transliteration

तत् स्त्रीपुरुषसंयोगे चेष्टासङ्कल्पपीडनात्| शुक्रं प्रच्यवते स्थानाज्जलमार्द्रात् पटादिव ||४७||

sanskrit

The semen trickles down from its site during copulation between man and woman because of sex act, passionate attachment, and physical pressure, as water comes out of a wet cloth when squeezed.

english translation

tat strIpuruSasaMyoge ceSTAsaGkalpapIDanAt| zukraM pracyavate sthAnAjjalamArdrAt paTAdiva ||47||

hk transliteration

हर्षात्तर्षात् सरत्वाच्च पैच्छिल्याद्गौरवादपि| अणुप्रवणभावाच्च द्रुतत्वान्मारुतस्य च ||४८||

sanskrit

The semen is ejaculated from the body as a result of these eight factors- excitement, excessive desire, fluidity, viscosity, heaviness, atomicity and

english translation

harSAttarSAt saratvAcca paicchilyAdgauravAdapi| aNupravaNabhAvAcca drutatvAnmArutasya ca ||48||

hk transliteration

अष्टाभ्य एभ्यो हेतुभ्यः शुक्रं देहात् प्रसिच्यते| चरतो विश्वरूपस्य रूपद्रव्यं यदुच्यते ||४९||

sanskrit

the tendency to flow out and the speedy motion of vata. The un-manifested soul which takes different forms in this world, manifests itself in the form of semen.

english translation

aSTAbhya ebhyo hetubhyaH zukraM dehAt prasicyate| carato vizvarUpasya rUpadravyaM yaducyate ||49||

hk transliteration

बहलं मधुरं स्निग्धमविस्रं गुरु पिच्छिलम्| शुक्लं बहु च यच्छुक्रं फलवत्तदसंशयम् ||५०||

sanskrit

[Characteristics of Shukra] The semen which is thick, sweet, unctuous, without any putrid smell, heavy, viscid, white in color, and abundant in quantity, invariably helps in procreation. This is undoubtful about the semen.

english translation

bahalaM madhuraM snigdhamavisraM guru picchilam| zuklaM bahu ca yacchukraM phalavattadasaMzayam ||50||

hk transliteration