Verse 1

क्रमेणानेन विहरन्विचार्यात्मानमात्मना ।विश्रान्तिमेहि वितते पदे पद्मदलेक्षण

In plain words

Vasiṣṭha said: Moving through life by this very method, examining the self by the self, come now to rest in the vast station, O lotus-petal-eyed one.