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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 16]
TEXTS 21-22
ददौ प्राचीं दिशं होत्रे ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां दिशम् । 
  अध्वर्यवे प्रतीचीं वै उद्गात्रे उत्तरां दिशम् ॥२१॥ 
  अन्येभ्योऽवान्तरदिशः कश्यपाय च मध्यतः । 
  आर्यावर्तमुपद्रष्टे सदस्येभ्यस्ततः परम् ॥२२॥
dadau prācīm diśam hotre 
  brahmaṇe dakṣiṇām diśam 
  adhvaryave pratīcīm vai 
  udgātre uttarām diśam
anyebhyo 'vāntara-diśaḥ 
  kaśyapāya ca madhyataḥ 
  āryāvartam upadraṣṭre 
  sadasyebhyas tataḥ param
dadau—gave as a gift; prācīm—eastern; diśam—direction; hotre—  
 unto the priest known as hotā; brahmaṇe—unto the priest known as  
 brahmā; dakṣiṇām—southern; diśam—direction; adhvaryave—unto  
 the priest known as adhvaryu; pratīcīm—the western side; vai—indeed;  
 udgātre—unto the priest known as udgātā; uttarām—northern;  
 diśam—side; anyebhyaḥ—unto the others; avāntara-diśaḥ—the dif-  
 ferent corners (northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest);  
 kaśyapāya—unto Kaśyapa Muni; ca—also; madhyataḥ—the middle  
 portion; āryāvartam—the portion known as Āryāvarta; upadraṣṭre—  
 unto the upadraṣṭā, the priest acting as overseer to hear and check the  
 mantras; sadasyebhyaḥ—unto the sadasyas, the associate priests; tataḥ  
 param—whatever remained.
TRANSLATION
After completing the sacrifice, Lord Paraśurāma gave the eastern direction to the hotā as a gift, the south to the brahmā, the west to the adhvaryu, the north to the udgātā, and the four corners—northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest—to the other priests. He gave the middle to Kaśyapa and the place known