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There would hardly be anyone who has not heard the Gayatri Mantra — Om bhur bhuvah svah, tat savitur varenyam, bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiyo yo nah prachodayaat. Maybe a few thousand people also understand what it means. But there would be hardly anyone who knows of the rishi — Brahmarshi Vishwamitra — who got this mantra from the Divine. It is such a powerful mantra that Krishna called it the mother of all mantras — mahamantra — and Ram himself protected the yagyas of this great rishi. Hardly anyone would relate this mantra to Vishwamitra, who is mostly remembered for his love affair with Menaka. This is the first mantra of the Rigveda, the first veda, but for some reason, Vyas, who compiled the Vedas, put it later, like so many other mantras given by Vishwamitra. But why? Vishwamitra was a Kshatriya king with vast resources and power. However, after realising that physical powers and siddhis were just a trap of the physical world and tapo bal (the yogic power of penance)...

Creation exists in opposites. For darkness, there is light. For sound, there is silence. For happiness, there is sorrow. For pleasure, there is the pain. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. As one indulges in pleasure, whether food or sex, as an equal and opposite reaction, the body ages. The spices in food render it tasty, but also corrode the lining of intestines and increase hyperactivity in body, leading to ageing. Sexual indulgence gives immense pleasure, but also leads to the loss of vital fluid called sukra. In fact, the term coined in Ayurveda for sexual pleasure is ‘sukranash’ or ‘loss of sukra’. According to Ayurveda, the body is composed of seven dhatus—rasa, rakta, mansa, medas, asthi, majja and sukra. These seven dhatus are connected such that loss of one leads to the loss of those preceding it as well. So the loss of sukra entails the loss of all other six dhatus as well. The significance of the Vedic practice of brahmacharya lies herein. Yo...

Our body is composed of millions of cells, each vibrating at varying frequencies of prana. They divide, giving birth to newer cells, which are weaker than the previous ones. This is seen as change to a grosser frequency, or ageing. While there is an age limit to every cell, certain cells do not age—the sperm cells, which are manifestations of sukra in the pranic body. They hold the secret to anti-ageing. A human being has merely seven drops of sukra in the body, and each drop is phenomenal energy; a rejuvenator par excellence and also the giver of new life. When conserved, it translates into phenomenal glow and attraction, lustrous hair and a strong and agile body. A normal person causes it to dry up through emotional congestion, excessive physical labour, anger and sexual activity. This causes inadequate lubrication and faster ageing. Through specific yogic practices, sukra can be conserved and transmuted into ojas, responsible for the extraordinary radiance around a pe...