atha - then; śūra-sutaḥ - the son of Śūrasena (Vasudeva); rājan - O King (Parīkṣit); putrayoḥ - of his two sons; samakārayat - had performed; purodhasā - by a priest; brāhmaṇaiḥ - by brāhmaṇas; ca - and; yathā-vat - properly; dvija-saṁskṛtim - brahminical initiation.

My dear King, then Vasudeva, the son of Śūrasena, arranged for a priest and other brāhmaṇas to perform his two sons’ second-birth initiation.