Having met Brahman, desirous as they were of celebrating a sacrifice on the Earth, they begged him for a piece of sacred earth, saying, We want it for our sacrifice.
देवाः समेत्य ब्रह्माणं भूमिभागे यियक्षवः। शुभं देशमयाचन्त यजेम इति पार्थिव॥