Verse 1

प्राप्य संसृतिसीमान्तं दुःखाब्धेः पारमागतः ।वीतहव्यः शशामैवमपुनर्मनने मुनिः

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having reached the utmost bound of saṃsāra, having come to the far shore of the ocean of sorrow, the muni Vītahavya thus grew still -- his mind not rising to thought again.