Sanat-Sujata said Since not even a knowledge of the Vedas, applied with all possible concentration of the mind, penetrates into the Supreme Soul; therefore is it (the Supreme Soul) called Mauna (asceticism) from which is derived the Vedas and which, on account of its being pregnant with the knowledge of the Vedas, reigns supreme, O king.
सनत्सुजात उवाच मनुप्रविशन्ति ततोऽथमौनम्। यत्रोत्थितो वेदशब्दस्तथाऽयं स तन्मयत्वेन विभाति राजन्॥