Verse 1

1. Dharma (Jiva) associated with devotion arises when Brahman is regarded as having been born. Prior to birth, all is unborn; therefore the Dharma, Jiva, is traditionally known as pitiable.

The limited consciousness as the jiva, the deluded individual, regards himself as being born. This jiva regards itself as being non-existent prior to its own birth. This jiva seeks favour and recognition of a divine being, its creator to maintain its existence.
The realised one understanding non-duality knows that there can be no birth or death in unity, non-duality. Therefore the deluded soul shrouded in the ignorance of duality is to be pitied, that is, seen as deluded.