ब्रह्मचर्यं सदा रक्षेदष्टधा मैथुनं पृथक् ।
स्मरणं कीर्तनं केलिः प्रेक्षणं गुह्यभाषणम् ॥
सङ्कल्पोऽध्यवसायश्च क्रियानिवृत्तिरेव च ।
एतन्मैथुनम् अष्टाङ्गं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥
brahmacaryaṁ sadā rakṣed aṣṭadhā maithunaṁ pṛthak |
smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ keliḥ prekṣaṇaṁ guhya-bhāṣaṇam ||
saṅkalpo’dhyavasāyaś ca kriyā-niṣpattir eva ca |
etan maithunam aṣṭāṅgaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||
(Dakṣa Smṛti: 7.31–33)
“One should always observe brahmacarya to the exclusion of eightfold intercourse. Remembering, mentioning, playing [alt., joking], looking, conversing privately, fancying, pursuing, and completing the act [itself]—the wise say these are the eight aspects of intercourse. The opposite of these are the eight characteristics of brahmacarya.”