ततोऽश्वमेधः सुहान्महेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः। ववृते ब्रह्महत्यायाः पावनार्थं नरेश्वर ॥ ततो यज्ञे समाप्ते तु ब्रह्महत्या महात्मनः। अभिगम्याब्रवीद्वाक्यं क्व मे स्थानं विधास्यथ॥ ते तामूचुस्ततो देवास्तुष्टाः प्रीतिसमन्विताः। चतुर्धा विभजात्मानमात्मनैव दुरासदे॥
tato'śvamedhaḥ suhānmahendrasya mahātmanaḥ| vavṛte brahmahatyāyāḥ pāvanārthaṃ nareśvara || tato yajñe samāpte tu brahmahatyā mahātmanaḥ| abhigamyābravīdvākyaṃ kva me sthānaṃ vidhāsyatha|| te tāmūcustato devāstuṣṭāḥ prītisamanvitāḥ| caturdhā vibhajātmānamātmanaiva durāsade||
English Meaning
After the sacrifice the sin issued out of Indra's person and addressing the high-souled deities said: Do you all ascertain, where I shall go now. There upon highly pleased the deities replied: Do you divide yourself into four portions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)