Sanskrit: तापत्रयार्कसंतप्तः कश्चिदुद्विग्नमानसः।  शमादिसाधनैर्युक्तः सद्गुरुं परिपृच्छति।   
English:  Scorched by the blazing sun of the three miseries, a student – dejected with the world and restless for release, having cultivated all the means of liberation especially such virtues as self-control etc. – enquires of a noble teacher: