Verse 1

इत्याकर्ण्य तदा तत्र रात्रावालपनं द्वयोः ।अहं रघुकुलाकाशशशाङ्क रघुनन्दन

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard, then and there, the two of them talking together in the night — I, O moon in the sky of the Raghu race, O Raghunandana —