The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 240

p. 240

न चेद्वेदा वेदविदं त्रातुं शक्ता विचक्षण ।

In plain words

And if the Vedas cannot save the very man who knows them, O clear-sighted one—

Close to the Sanskrit

And if the Vedas are not able to protect the knower of the Veda, O discerning one—