The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 245

ब्राह्मणानां तपः समृद्धमन्येषां तावदेव तत् ॥

In plain words

In the brāhmaṇas, tapas comes to full ripeness; in others, that tapas reaches only so far and no further.

Close to the Sanskrit

Of the brāhmaṇas, tapas is fully grown; of others, that is only so much.