The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 239

p. 239

किं कुर्वन्तीति चेत्, तत्राह—

In plain words

And if you ask, "What is it they do?" — to that he says:

Close to the Sanskrit

If (it be asked) "What do they do?" — there he says—