तान् समेतान् महाभागानुपलभ्य वसूत्तम: । पूजयामास धर्मज्ञो देशकालविभागवित् ॥ ९ ॥
tan sametan maha-bhagan upalabhya vasuttamah pujayam asa dharma-jno desa-kala-vibhagavit
- tan
- all of them
- sametan
- assembled together
- maha-bhagan
- all greatly powerful
- upalabhya
- having received
- vasu-uttamah
- the best among the Vasus (Bhismadeva)
- pujayam asa
- welcomed
- dharma-jnah
- one who knows religious principles
- desa
- place
- kala
- time
- vibhaga-vit
- one who knows the adjustment of place and time.
Bhismadeva, who was the best amongst the eight Vasus, received and welcomed all the great and powerful rsis who were assembled there, for he knew perfectly all the religious principles according to time and place.