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vāta-vasanā ya ṛṣayaḥ śramaṇā ūrdhra-manthinaḥ brahmākhyaṁ dhāma te yānti śāntāḥ sannyāsino ’malāḥ
- vāta-vasanāḥ
- dressed by the air (naked)
- ye
- those who are
- ṛṣayaḥ
- sages
- śramaṇāḥ
- strict observers of spiritual practices
- ūrdhva-manthinaḥ
- who have conserved their semen to the point that it has risen up to their heads
- brahma-ākhyam
- known as Brahman
- dhāma
- the (impersonal) spiritual abode
- te
- they
- yānti
- to go
- śāntāḥ
- peaceful
- sannyāsinaḥ
- members of the renounced order of life
- amalāḥ
- sinless
Naked sages who seriously endeavor in spiritual practice, who have raised their semen upward, who are peaceful and sinless members of the renounced order, attain the spiritual abode called Brahman.