Verse 1

स्वभावगम्भीरमेतद्भगवन्वचनं तव ।यदहंकारतृष्णां त्वं मा गृहाणेति वक्षि माम्

In plain words

Śrī Rāma said: This word of yours, Bhagavan, is profound by its very nature -- that you tell me: 'Do not seize upon the thirst that is ahaṃkāra.'