Verse 1

यदात्ममरिचस्यान्तश्चित्त्वात्तीक्ष्णत्ववेदनम् ।तदहंतादि भेदादि देशकालादि चेत्यतः

In plain words

Vasiṣṭha said: The sensing of pungency within the pepper that is the Self, arising because it is cit — that is "I"-ness and the rest, difference and the rest, space, time, and the rest, taken as the cognizable.