न वै नूनं भगवन्तस्त एतदवेदिषु-र्यद्ध्येतदवेदिष्यन्कथं मे नावक्ष्यन्नितिभगवाँस्त्वेव मे तद्ब्रवीत्विति तथा सो-म्येति होवाच ॥ ७ ॥
In plain words
Surely those revered teachers did not know this. For had they known it, how could they possibly have withheld it from me? Therefore, revered father, you alone tell it to me. So he spoke, and the father answered, 'So be it, my dear.'
Close to the Sanskrit
Indeed those revered teachers surely did not know this; for if they had known this, how would they not have told it to me? Therefore, let the revered one himself tell that to me. Thus he spoke. 'So be it, gentle one,' he said.