Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.21-22

dadau pracim disam hotre

brahmane dakshinam disam

adhvaryave praticim vai

udgatre uttaram disam

anyebhyo 'vantara-disah

kasyapaya ca madhyatah

aryavartam upadrashtre

sadasyebhyas tatah param

SYNONYMS

dadau -- gave as a gift; pracim -- eastern; disam -- direction; hotre -- unto the priest known as hota; brahmane -- unto the priest known as brahma; dakshinam -- 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; upadrashtre -- unto the upadrashta, 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 corners -- northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest -- to the other priests. He gave the middle to Kasyapa and the place known as Aryavarta to the upadrashta. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests.

PURPORT

The tract of land in India between the Himalaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Aryavarta.

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