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सनत्सुजातं रहिते महात्मा पप्रच्छ बुद्धिं परमां बुभूषन् ॥ १ ॥
In plain words
Alone with him, no one else in the room, the great-souled king put his question to Sanatsujāta — he wanted the highest knowledge for his own.
Close to the Sanskrit
The great-souled one, desiring to attain the highest knowledge, asked Sanatsujāta in private.