Verse 1

नास्तीदमिति निर्णीय सर्वतस्त्यज रञ्जनाम् ।यन्नास्ति तत्प्रति किल केवास्थेह विचारिणाम्

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having settled it, "this does not exist," abandon your rañjanā — your fond colouring of it — from every side. Toward what does not exist, indeed, what reliance can there be here for those given to vicāra?