Shloka 7
न मे मनो रज्यति भोगकाले दृष्टवा यतीन् प्रार्थयतः परत्र । तेनातिथे बुद्धिबलाश्रयेण धर्मेण धर्मे विनियुद्धक्ष्व मां त्वम्
na me mano rajyati bhogakāle dṛṣṭvā yatīn prārthayataḥ paratra | tenātithe buddhibalāśrayeṇa dharmeṇa dharme viniyuddhakṣva māṃ tvam ||
婆罗门说道：“即便享乐之时已至，我心亦不喜于受用；因为我见诸苦行者（yati）求取‘彼岸’（来世），仍不得不行乞。故而，噢，尊贵的来客，请凭你理解之力，以法（dharma）训诫我，使我牢牢安住于法。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse expresses vairāgya: even when pleasures are available, the speaker’s mind does not cling to them, because he observes the hardship and dependence even of renouncers who seek the next world. He therefore asks a wise ‘guest’ to guide and discipline him through dharma, emphasizing that ethical/spiritual steadiness requires instruction and inner training, not merely changing external life-forms.
A Brahmin is speaking to an honored guest (atithi), confessing his lack of attraction to worldly enjoyment and his uncertainty even about the ascetic path, since he sees ascetics still compelled to beg. He requests the guest to use discernment and the power of understanding to place him firmly on the path of dharma.