Shloka 12
सोमाय चाप्युदीच्यां वै वास्तुमध्ये प्रजापते: । धन्वन्तरे: प्रागुदीच्यां प्राच्यां शक्राय माधव,इसी प्रकार क्रमश: बलिकर्मका प्रयोग करे। माधव! दक्षिण दिशामें यमको, पश्चिममें वरुणको, उत्तर दिशामें सोमको, वास्तुके मध्यभागमें प्रजापतिको, ईशानकोणमें धन्वन्तरिको और पूर्वदिशामें इन्द्रको बलि समर्पित करे
somāya cāpy udīcyāṁ vai vāstumadhye prajāpateḥ | dhanvantareḥ prāgudīcyāṁ prācyāṁ śakrāya mādhava ||
Vāyu said: “Offer the bali to Soma in the northern quarter, and to Prajāpati in the very center of the dwelling-site. To Dhanvantari, offer it in the north‑eastern quarter; and to Śakra (Indra), in the eastern direction, O Mādhava.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma in household life includes orderly, mindful ritual action: offerings (bali) are to be made in their proper directions to the appropriate deities, expressing reverence and aligning one’s domestic space with cosmic order.
Vāyu instructs Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) on the correct directional placement of bali offerings within a dwelling-site: Soma to the north, Prajāpati to the center, Dhanvantari to the northeast, and Indra to the east—part of a larger sequence of prescribed offerings.