Brahmā, the lord of the nine squares, is situated in the center; Aryaman is located to the east of him. Proceeding clockwise in every other square from there, Savitṛ and Vivasvat are positioned.
From Mitra came the king of the demigods, and another son was named Rājayakṣma. The earth, the earth and the calf are all around the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
आपो नामाइशाने कोणे हौताशने च सावित्रः । जय इति च नैरृते रुद्र आनिले अभ्यन्तरपदेषु ॥ ५३-४८ ॥
The inner north-eastern square, 11, is occupied by Āpa; the inner south-eastern square, 17, is occupied by Sāvitra; the inner south-western square, 71, is occupied by Java, and the inner north-western square, 65, is occupied by Rudra.
The group of five Devas occupying the north-eastern portion of the house-ground, (squares l, 2, 10, 11 and 21), viz., Agni, Parjanya, Diti, Āpa and Āpavatsa and similar groups, each of five Devas, occupying the south-eastern, south-western and northwestern portions of the house-ground, are known as Padikas.
The remaining 20 Devas occupying the other squares are known as Dvipadas. The Devas occupying the due eastern, southern, western and northern squares—23. 43, 59, 33. viz., Aryaman, Vivasvān, Mitra and Pṛthvīdhara arc known as Tripadas,
Brahmā, the lord of the nine squares, is situated in the center; Aryaman is located to the east of him. Proceeding clockwise in every other square from there, Savitṛ and Vivasvat are positioned.
From Mitra came the king of the demigods, and another son was named Rājayakṣma. The earth, the earth and the calf are all around the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
आपो नामाइशाने कोणे हौताशने च सावित्रः । जय इति च नैरृते रुद्र आनिले अभ्यन्तरपदेषु ॥ ५३-४८ ॥
The inner north-eastern square, 11, is occupied by Āpa; the inner south-eastern square, 17, is occupied by Sāvitra; the inner south-western square, 71, is occupied by Java, and the inner north-western square, 65, is occupied by Rudra.
The group of five Devas occupying the north-eastern portion of the house-ground, (squares l, 2, 10, 11 and 21), viz., Agni, Parjanya, Diti, Āpa and Āpavatsa and similar groups, each of five Devas, occupying the south-eastern, south-western and northwestern portions of the house-ground, are known as Padikas.
The remaining 20 Devas occupying the other squares are known as Dvipadas. The Devas occupying the due eastern, southern, western and northern squares—23. 43, 59, 33. viz., Aryaman, Vivasvān, Mitra and Pṛthvīdhara arc known as Tripadas,