प्रकृत्या विषमा देवी कृता तेन समा कथम् । तस्य मेध्यं हयं देव: कस्य हेतोरपाहरत् ॥ ४ ॥
prakrtya visama devi krta tena sama katham tasya medhyam hayam devah kasya hetor apaharat
- prakrtya
- by nature
- visama
- not level
- devi
- the earth
- krta
- was made
- tena
- by him
- sama
- level
- katham
- how
- tasya
- his
- medhyam
- meant for offering in the sacrifice
- hayam
- horse
- devah
- the demigod Indra
- kasya
- for what
- hetoh
- reason
- apaharat
- stole.
The surface of the earth is by nature low in some places and high in others.