Verse 1

एतामनुसरन्राम चित्तसत्तामपावनीम् ।संसारबीजकणिकां जीवबन्धनवागुराम्

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Following after this, O Rāma — the impure existence of citta, the tiny seed-grain of saṃsāra, the snare that binds the jīva —