Mahabharata 13.14.50

इहैव देवताश्रेष्ठं देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरातपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन चतोषयित्वा शुभान्कामान्प्राप्नुवंस्ते जनार्दन

ihaiva devatāśreṣṭhaṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purātapasā brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena catoṣayitvā śubhānkāmānprāpnuvaṃste janārdana

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.