Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 39: Sagara’s Sons Search for the Sacrificial Horse
Text 1.39.5
तयोर्मध्ये प्रवृत्तोऽभूद्यज्ञः स पुरुषोत्तम।
स हि देशो नरव्याघ्र प्रशस्तो यज्नकर्मणि॥
tayor madhye pravṛtto ’bhūd yajñaḥ sa puruṣottama
sa hi deśo nara-vyāghra praśasto yajna-karmaṇi
tayoḥ madhye = between those mountains; pravṛttaḥ abhūd = commenced; yajñaḥ saḥ = the yajña; puruṣottama = O Puruṣottama; saḥ hi deśaḥ = for that place; nara-vyāghra = O tiger among men; praśastaḥ = is celebrated; yajna-karmaṇi = for sacrificial performances.
O Puruṣottama, O tiger among men, the yajña commenced between those mountains, for that place is celebrated for sacrificial performances.
[1] āryāvārtaḥ puṇya-bhūmir madhyaṁ vindhya-himāgayoḥ.
The area between the Himālaya and Vindhya is the pious land of Āryāvarta (Central India).[1]