sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus spoken; tat -- their; vacanam -- words; srutva -- having heard; vasudevah -- Vasudeva; maha-manah -- generous; tan -- them; rishin -- the sages; ritvijah -- as priests; vavre -- chose; murdhna -- with his head; anamya -- bowing down; prasadya -- gratifying them; ca -- also.

Sukadeva Gosvami 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.