O foremost man of the Puru race, if you consider him to be the eldest, why, here is Vasudeva. How can his son be worshipped before him?
अथ वा मन्यसे कृष्णं स्थविरं कुरुपुङ्गव। वसुदेवे स्थिते वृद्धे कथमर्हति तत्सुतः॥