Brihajjataka 28.7

28.7

pṛthu viracitam anyaiḥ śāstram etat samastaṃ tad anu laghu mayā idaṃ tat pradeśa artham eva/
kṛtam iha hi samarthaṃ dhī viṣāṇāmatve mama yadi ha yad uktaṃ saj janaiḥ kṣamyatāṃ tat//(mālinī)

This entire science was composed extensively by others; thereafter, this concise [work] was made by me merely for [reaching] its regions.
Indeed, it is capable here [of instructing]; if anything has been stated here through the dullness of my intellect, may good people forgive that.