Verse 1

यदा ह्यस्तंगतप्रायं जातं चित्तं विचारतः ।तदा हि वीतहव्यस्य जाता मैत्र्यादयो गुणाः

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: When, through vicāra, the citta had become all but set, then indeed there arose in Vītahavya the qualities beginning with maitrī.