Verse 1

एष तावत्क्रमः प्रोक्तः सामान्यः सर्वदेहिनाम् ।इममन्यं विशेषं त्वं श्रृणु राजीवलोचन

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This, then, is the course that has been declared, the general one common to all embodied beings. Now hear this other, particular one, O lotus-eyed one.