एवं कलितवानन्तः प्रशान्तमननैषणः ।शनैरुच्चारयंस्तारं प्रणवं प्राप्तभूमिकः
In plain words
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having thus resolved within, his manana and his cravings grown still, slowly sounding aloud the tāra, the praṇava, having reached his stage of practice --