Verse 1

पुनःपुनरिदं राम प्रबोधार्थं मयोच्यते ।अभ्यासेन विना साधो नाभ्युदेत्यात्मभावना

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Again and again, Rāma, this is spoken by me for the sake of awakening (prabodha): without abhyāsa, O good one, ātma-bhāvanā -- the settled dwelling of the mind upon the Self -- does not rise up.