And in this mighty horse-sacrifice founded of yore by Svayambhū, that perpetuator of his line, the king, bestowed the Eastern quarter on his chief sacrificial priest, the Western on his Adhvaryu, the Southern on Brahmă, and the Northern on the Udgātā, as Daksinās.
प्राचीं होने ददौ राजा दिशं स्वकुलवर्धनः। अध्वर्यवे प्रतीची तु ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां दिशम्॥ उद्गात्रे तु तथोदीची दक्षिणैषा विनिर्मिता। अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे स्वयंभूविहिते पुरा ॥