The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 258

p. 258

आख्यानपञ्चमैर्वेदैर्भूयिष्ठं कत्थ्यते जनः ।

In plain words

Mostly, people just boast — with the Vedas, and the old stories counted in as a fifth.

Close to the Sanskrit

By the Vedas of which narrative is the fifth, for the most part a person boasts.