Brahmacharya is highly difficult to practise. Listen now to the means thereof. That twiceborn one who follows it should subdue the quality of Darkness as soon as it begins to show itself or as soon as it begins to be powerful.
सुदुष्करं ब्रह्मचर्यमुपायं तत्र मे शृणु। सम्प्रदीप्तमुदीर्णं च निगृह्णीयाद् द्विजो रजः॥