Aitreya Upanishad: Verse 1.3.9
तच्छिश्नेनाजिघृक्षत् तन्नाशक्नोच्छिश्नेन ग्रहीतुं स यद्धैनच्छिश्नेनाग्रहैष्यद्वित्सृज्य हैवानमत्रप्स्यत् ॥९॥
तत् शिश्नेन अजिघृक्षत् तत् न अशक्नोत् शिश्नेन ग्रहीतुम् सः यत् ह इनत् शिश्नेन अग्रहैष्यत् वित्सृज्य ह इव अन्नम् अत्र अप्स्यत्
tacchiśnenājighṛkṣat tannāśaknocchiśnena grahītuṃ sa yaddhainacchiśnenāgrahaiṣyadvitsṛjya haivānamatrapsyat
वो उस चीज़ को पकड़ने का सोचने लगा, अपने शरीर के हिस्से से। लेकिन वो उस हिस्से से उसे पकड़ नहीं पाया। अगर वो पकड़ भी लेता, तो बस बच्चा पैदा करने से ही पेट भरता। खाना खाने की ज़रूरत ही नहीं पड़ती।
He desired to grasp it with the generative organ. He was not able to grasp it with the generative organ. If he had grasped it with the generative organ, then by mere procreative emission, one would have found satisfaction in food.
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