Vasudeva also performed those rites for the ascension (to Heaven) of his great nephew, that hero who was ever the darling of his father (Vasudeva).
तथैव वासुदेवश्च स्वस्रीयस्य महात्मनः। दयितस्य पितुर्नित्यमकरोदौर्ध्वदेहिकम्॥