Vasudeva said I give you leave, O Bhishma, O king, to attain to the status of the Vasus. O you of great splendour, you have not been guilty of a single sin, in this world.
वासुदेव उवाच अनुज्ञानामि भीष्म त्वां वसून् प्राप्नुहि पार्थिव। न तेऽस्ति वृजिनं किंचिदिहलोके महाद्युते॥