262 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 16
TEXTS 21-22
aa ns e
aat tater Tar chert Ray |
TaaY TAT oR Sat Rar RH
AAMT AMT: FATT T TAT: |
S
ATE ACERT TA URI
dadau pracim disam hotre
brahmane daksinam disam
adhvaryave praticim vai
udgatre uttaram disam
anyebhyo ’vantara-disah
kaSyapaya ca madhyatah
Grydvartam 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 udgdtd; uttardm—northern;
disam—side; anyebhyah—unto the others; avantara-disah—the dif-
ferent corners (northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest);
kasyapadya—unto Kasyapa Muni; ca—also; madhyatah—the middle
portion; Grydvartam—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.
TRANSLATION
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 cor-
ners—northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest—to the
other priests. He gave the middle to Kasyapa and the place known
