dadau prÄcÄ«á¹ diÅ›aá¹ hotre
brahmaṇe daká¹£iṇÄá¹ diÅ›am
adhvaryave pratīcīṠvai
udgÄtre uttarÄá¹ diÅ›am
anyebhyo 'vÄntara-diÅ›aḥ
kaÅ›yapÄya ca madhyataḥ
ÄryÄvartam upadraá¹£á¹re
sadasyebhyas tataḥ param
dadau - gave as a gift; prÄcÄ«m - eastern; diÅ›am - direction; hotre - unto the priest known as hotÄ; brahmaṇe - unto the priest known as brahmÄ; daká¹£iṇÄm - southern; diÅ›am - direction; adhvaryave - unto the priest known as adhvaryu; pratÄ«cÄ«m - the western side; vai - indeed; udgÄtre - unto the priest known as udgÄtÄ; uttarÄm - northern; diÅ›am - side; anyebhyaḥ - unto the others; avÄntara-diÅ›aḥ - the different corners (northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest); kaÅ›yapÄya - unto KaÅ›yapa Muni; ca - also; madhyataḥ - the middle portion; ÄryÄvartam - the portion known as Ä€ryÄvarta; upadraá¹£á¹re - unto the upadraá¹£á¹Ä, the priest acting as overseer to hear and check the mantras; sadasyebhyaḥ - unto the sadasyas, the associate priests; tataḥ param - whatever remained.
The tract of land in India between the HimÄlaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Ä€ryÄvarta.