गृहेषु येष्वतिथयो नार्चिता: सलिलैरपि । यदि निर्यान्ति ते नूनं फेरुराजगृहोपमा: ॥ ७ ॥
grhesu yesv atithayo narcitah salilair api yadi niryanti te nunam pheruraja-grhopamah
- grhesu
- at home
- yesu
- which
- atithayah
- uninvited guests
- na
- not
- arcitah
- welcomed
- salilaih api
- even by offering a glass of water
- yadi
- if
- niryanti
- they go away
- te
- such household life
- nunam
- indeed
- pheru-raja
- of jackals
- grha
- the homes
- upamah
- like.
Homes from which guests go away without having been received even with an offering of a little water are like those holes in the field which are the homes of jackals.