यदा न पश्यत्ययथा गुणेहां स्वार्थे प्रमत्त: सहसा विपश्चित् । गतस्मृतिर्विन्दति तत्र तापा- नासाद्य मैथुन्यमगारमज्ञ: ॥ ७ ॥
yada na pasyaty ayatha guneham svarthe pramattah sahasa vipascit gata-smrtir vindati tatra tapan asadya maithunyam agaram ajnah
- yada
- when
- na
- not
- pasyati
- sees
- ayatha
- unnecessary
- guna-iham
- endeavor to satisfy the senses
- sva-arthe
- in self-interest
- pramattah
- mad
- sahasa
- very soon
- vipascit
- even one advanced in knowledge
- gata-smrtih
- being forgetful
- vindati
- gets
- tatra
- there
- tapan
- material miseries
- asadya
- getting
- maithunyam
- based on sexual intercourse
- agaram
- a home
- ajnah
- being foolish.
Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a useless waste of time. Being forgetful of his own interest, he tries to be happy in the material world, centering his interests around his home, which is based on sexual intercourse and which brings him all kinds of material miseries. In this way one is no better than a foolish animal.