tat - this; vīkṣya - seeing; tān - them; upavrajya - approaching; vasudevaḥ - Vasudeva; mahā - great; yaśāḥ - whose fame; praṇamya - bowing down; ca - and; upasaṅgṛhya - taking hold of their feet; babhāṣa - he said; idam - this; su - very; yantritaḥ - carefully composed.

Seeing that they were about to leave, the renowned Vasudeva approached the sages. After bowing down to them and touching their feet, he spoke to them with carefully chosen words.