मनसैव मनश्छित्त्वा यद्यात्मा नावलोक्यते ।ममेत्यहमिति त्यक्त्वा तत्तामरसलोचन
In plain words
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: If, having cut through mind by mind itself, and having abandoned the thought '[this is] mine' and the thought '[this is] I', the ātman is still not seen -- then, O lotus-eyed one,