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.