ayajayan -- they performed the sacrifice; maha-rajam -- for the great King; yajakah -- the sacrificial priests; deva -- of demigods; varcasah -- possessing the power; rajasuyena -- the Rajasuya; vidhi-vat -- according to the prescriptions of the Vedas; pracetasam -- Varuna; iva -- as; amarah -- the demigods.

The priests, as powerful as gods, performed the Rajasuya sacrifice for King Yudhishthira in accordance with the Vedic injunctions, just as the demigods had previously performed it for Varuna.