Verse 1

जनकः संस्थितो राज्ये व्यवहारपरोऽपि सन् ।विगतज्वर एवान्तरनाकुलमतिः सदा

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Janaka, established in his kingdom, though wholly given over to vyavahāra, was within free of fever indeed, his mind ever untroubled.