WHO ARE THOSE 8 VASUS????

• The interesting thing is that the names & identities of these 8 vasus have changed over time. 
• Usually we take : Prthvi, Agni, Vayu, Antariksha, Chandrama, Nakstrani, Dyaus (from Brihadaranyaka) & 
• Dhara, Anala, Anila, Aha, Pratyusha, Prabhasa, Soma, Dhruva (from Mahabharata) as the “standard” eight vasus.
• They are eight elemental gods (called "Aṣṭa-vasu", 'Eight Vasus') representing aspects of nature (The Five Elements - Pancha Bhoothas) 
• and also representing cosmic natural phenomenon (The Sun, The Moon and The Stars). 
• The name Vasu means 'Brilliance' or 'Wealth Givers'. They are eight among the [Thirty-three gods].
• Pitamah Bhishma was a 'vasu' named 'Prabhas'. He was eldest among the 8 vasus
• .https://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/concepts/vasus.asp
• http://www.manuscrypts.com/myth/2010/11/04/ashtavasu/
• https://www.antaryami.com/hinduism/the-eight-vasus-of-hindu-mythology/
• https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/8-vasu
•  The Vasus then requested the river-goddess Ganga to be their mother. Ganga incarnated and became the wife of King Shantanu on condition that he never gainsaid her in any way. As seven children were born, one after the other, Ganga drowned them in her own waters, freeing them from their punishment and the king made no opposition. Only when the eighth was born did the king finally oppose his wife, who therefore left him. So the eighth son, Dyaus incarnated, remained alive, imprisoned in mortal form, and later became known in his mortal incarnation as Bhishma.
• Anala is an epithet of Agni. Dhara is water. Anila is the earth. Aha is Vayu. Pratyusha is Aditya, the Sun. Prabhasa is Dyus, the dawn. Soma is the moon, Chandrama and Nakshatrani is Dhruva, the Pole Star. Symbolically, the eight Vasus represent the elemental forces and processes of Nature and the beings, namely earth, water, fire, air, light, weather, day, dawn, pole star, sun, moon, movement, support, transformation, digestion and so on.
• http://mama.indstate.edu/users/swasati/birth_krishna.htm