The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 238

यतो न वेदा मनसा सहेनमनुप्रविश्यन्ति ततोऽथ मौनम् ।

In plain words

The Vedas, and the mind along with them, cannot get inside him. That is why it is called mauna — silence.

Close to the Sanskrit

Since the Vedas, together with the mind, do not enter into him — therefore, then, [this is called] silence (mauna).