श्रीशुक उवाच इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वसुदेवो महामना: । तानृषीनृत्विजो वव्रे मूर्ध्नानम्य प्रसाद्य च ॥ ४२ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca iti tad-vacanaṁ śrutvā vasudevo mahā-manāḥ tān ṛṣīn ṛtvijo vavre mūrdhnānamya prasādya ca
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- iti
- thus spoken
- tat
- their
- vacanam
- words
- śrutvā
- having heard
- vasudevaḥ
- Vasudeva
- mahā-manāḥ
- generous
- tān
- them
- ṛṣīn
- the sages
- ṛtvijaḥ
- as priests
- vavre
- chose
- mūrdhnā
- with his head
- ānamya
- bowing down
- prasādya
- gratifying them
- ca
- also
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing these statements of the sages, generous Vasudeva bowed his head to the ground and, praising them, requested them to become his priests.