Verse 1

यथालातपरिस्पन्दादग्निचक्रं प्रदृश्यते ।असदेव सदाभासं चित्तस्पन्दात्तथा जगत्

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as, from the whirling of a firebrand, a ring of fire is seen -- unreal, yet appearing as real -- so, from the vibration of citta, is the world.