Prose passage 1
In plain words
There was a seeker of the highest kind, fit for liberation. Desireless karma and upāsanā done in earlier births had cleared the impurity, that is sin, and the distraction from his inner instrument, and his mind was pure and one-pointed; the one defect left in him was concealment, not knowing his own nature. He had the fourfold means: discrimination, dispassion, the six beginning with śama, and the longing for liberation. Unable to bear the sorrow of saṃsāra any longer, he went to a true Guru who was compassionate, who knew the meaning of Vedānta and was established in Brahman, bowed down before him in awe and devotion, and began to ask:
Word for word
By desireless karma and upāsanā done in former other births, being rid of the impurity (sin) and distraction in the inner instrument, with a pure, one-pointed mind, joined only with the defect of concealment that does not know his own nature, endowed with the fourfold means called discrimination, dispassion, the six beginning with śama, and longing for liberation, the foremost one fit for liberation, unable to bear the sorrow of saṃsāra, meeting the compassionate true Guru who has known the meaning of Vedānta and is established in Brahman, bowing with awe and devotion, began to ask: