[na naśyati anāśakaḥ ā- tmā tasyāyanaṃ prāptyupāyaḥ] The state of brahma- carya, unmarried or student's life, de- voted to contemplation and know- ledge of the soul; atha yadanāśakāyanami- tyācakṣate brahmacaryameva tat. eṣa hyātmā na naśya- ti yaṃ brahmacaryeṇānuviṃdate Ch. Up.; a course of fasting as a penance (?).