The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Śrī gurvaṣṭakam (guru aṣṭakam)

Verse 3

षड्क्षङ्गादिवेदो मुखे शास्त्रविद्याकवित्वादि गद्यं सुपद्यं करोति ।मनश्चेन लग्नं गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मेततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम् ॥ 3 ॥

In plain words

The Veda and its six limbs sit on your tongue; the śāstras are yours. Poetry comes when you call it — prose, verse, all of it finely made. But if the mind has not settled at the guru's lotus feet — then what? Then what? Then what? Then what?

Close to the Sanskrit

The Veda with its six limbs and the rest is in the mouth, knowledge of the śāstras is there; poetic talent and the rest — he composes prose and fine verse. If the mind is not fixed on the lotus feet of the guru, then what? then what? then what? then what?