Shloka 21
Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)
पयस्यन्तर्तितं सर्पिर्यद्वन्निर्मथ्यते खजै: । शुक्र निर्मथ्यते तद्धत् देहसंकल्पजै: खजै:,जिस प्रकार दूधमें छिपे हुए घीको मथानीसे मथकर अलग किया जाता है, उसी प्रकार देहस्थ संकल्प और इन्द्रियोंसे होनेवाले स्त्रियोंके दर्शन एवं स्पर्श आदिसे मथित होकर पुरुषका वीर्य बाहर निकल जाता है
payasy antarhitaṃ sarpir yadvan nirmathyate khajaiḥ | śukraṃ nirmathyate tadvad deha-saṅkalpajaiḥ khajaiḥ ||
جس طرح دودھ میں چھپا ہوا گھی مَتھنی سے مَتھ کر الگ کیا جاتا ہے، اسی طرح جسمانی تصورات اور حواس کی انگیخت سے ‘مَتھا’ جا کر مرد کی منی باہر نکل آتی ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire and sexual discharge are not random; they are ‘churned out’ by saṅkalpa (mental ideation) and by sensory contact. Therefore, ethical discipline requires guarding the senses and regulating thought, so that agitation does not arise and self-mastery is preserved.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bhīṣma uses a vivid household metaphor—extracting ghee from milk by churning—to explain how the mind and senses can agitate the body and bring forth semen, warning against indulgent seeing/touching that fuels passion.