ददौ प्राचीं दिशं होत्रे ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां दिशम् । अध्वर्यवे प्रतीचीं वै उद्गात्रे उत्तरां दिशम् ॥ २१ ॥ अन्येभ्योऽवान्तरदिश: कश्यपाय च मध्यत: । आर्यावर्तमुपद्रष्ट्रे सदस्येभ्यस्तत: परम् ॥ २२ ॥
dadau pracim disam hotre brahmane daksinam disam adhvaryave praticim vai udgatre uttaram disam anyebhyo ’vantara-disah kasyapaya ca madhyatah aryavartam upadrastre sadasyebhyas tatah param
- dadau
- gave as a gift
- pracim
- eastern
- disam
- direction
- hotre
- unto the priest known as hota
- brahmane
- unto the priest known as brahma
- daksinam
- southern
- disam
- direction
- adhvaryave
- unto the priest known as adhvaryu
- praticim
- the western side
- vai
- indeed
- udgatre
- unto the priest known as udgata
- uttaram
- northern
- disam
- side
- anyebhyah
- unto the others
- avantara-disah
- the different corners (northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest)
- kasyapaya
- unto Kasyapa Muni
- ca
- also
- madhyatah
- the middle portion
- aryavartam
- the portion known as Aryavarta
- upadrastre
- unto the upadrasta, the priest acting as overseer to hear and check the mantras
- sadasyebhyah
- unto the sadasyas, the associate priests
- tatah param
- whatever remained
After completing the sacrifice, Lord Parasurama gave the eastern direction to the hota as a gift, the south to the brahma, the west to the adhvaryu, the north to the udgata, and the four corners — northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest — to the other priests. He gave the middle to Kasyapa and the place known as Aryavarta to the upadrasta. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests.