106 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 11

adhvaryave—unto the adhvaryu priest; praticim—the whole western
side; vd—also; uttaraém—the northern side; sdma-gaya—unto the

udgata priest, who sings the Sama Veda; sah—He (Lord Ramacandra).

TRANSLATION

Lord Ramacandra gave the entire east to the hota priest, the en-
tire south to the brahma priest, the west to the adhvaryu priest,
and the north to the udgata priest, the reciter of the Sama Veda. In
this way, He donated His kingdom.

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Gcaryaya dadau sesam
yavati bhis tad-antara

manyamana idam krtsnam
brahmano ’rhati nihsprhah

dcarya4ya—unto the dcdarya, the spiritual master; dadau—gave;
Sesam—the balance; yavati—whatever; bhith—land; tat-antard—exist-
ing between the east, west, north and south; manyamanah—think-
ing; idam—all this; krtsnam—wholly; brahmanah—the brahmanas;
arhati—deserve to possess; nihsprhah—having no desire.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, thinking that because the brahmanas have no
material desires they should possess the entire world, Lord
Ramacandra delivered the land between the east, west, north and
south to the acarya.

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