तापत्रयार्कसंतप्तः कश्चिदुद्विग्नमानसः ।शमादिसाधनैर्युक्तः सद्गुरुं परिपृच्छति ॥ ३ ॥
In plain words
Scorched by the scorching sun of life's threefold miseries, his mind deeply agitated, yet equipped with serenity and the other disciplines, a seeker approaches a true preceptor with earnest questions.
Close to the Sanskrit
Scorched by the sun of the threefold miseries, someone of agitated mind, endowed with tranquility and other means, inquires of the true guru.