Bowing their heads to that great one who was seated at their ease, the great Rishis, gifted with humility, asked him this grave question about the highest good.
तं प्रणम्य महात्मानं सुखासीनं महर्षयः। पप्रच्छुर्विनयोपेता नैःश्रेयसमिदं परम्॥