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Atharvaveda 4.14.8

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.14.8

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Sanskrit

4.14.8

pratī́cyāṃ diśí bhasádam asya dhehy úttarasyāṃ diśy úttaraṃ dhehi pārśvám |
ūrdhvā́yāṃ diśy àjásyā́nūkaṃ dhehi diśí dhruvā́yāṃ dhehi pājasyàm antárikṣe madhyató mádhyam asya ||8||

In the western quarter set his rump (bhasád); in the northern (úttara) quarter set his other (úttara) side; in the upward quarter set the goat's back-bone; in the fixed quarter set his belly (? pājasyà); midway in the atmosphere his middle.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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