Verse 1

कीदृशस्तात संकल्पः कथदुपद्यते प्रभो ।कथं च वृद्धिमाप्नोति कथं चैष विनश्यति

In plain words

The son said: What sort of thing, dear father, is saṃkalpa, O lord — how does it arise? And how does it grow, and how does it perish?