The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 270

वेदानां चारपूर्वेण चैतद्विद्वन्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ ५१ ॥

In plain words

And this I tell you, knower — grounded in the Vedas, gone through first. || 51 ||

Close to the Sanskrit

And this, O knower, I speak to you by that which has the traversal of the Vedas as its antecedent. || 51 ||