याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच शाकल्यः, यदिदं कुरुपञ्चालानां ब्राह्मणानत्यवादीः, किं ब्रह्म विद्वानिति; दिशो वेद सदेवाः सप्रतिष्ठा इति; यद्दिशो वेत्थ सदेवाः सप्रतिष्ठाः ॥ १९ ॥
yājñavalkyeti hovāca śākalyaḥ, yadidaṃ kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmaṇānatyavādīḥ, kiṃ brahma vidvāniti; diśo veda sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhā iti; yaddiśo vettha sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhāḥ || 19 ||
19. ‘Yājñavalkya,’ said Śākalya, ‘is it because you know Brahman that you have thus flouted these Vedic scholars of Kuru and Pañcāla?’ ‘I know the quarters with their deities and supports.’ ‘If you know the quarters with their deities and supports—
‘Yājñavalkya,’ said Śākalya, ‘is it because you know Brahman that you have thus flouted these Vedic scholars of Kuru and Pañcāla by suggesting that they themselves were afraid and made me their fìre-tongs?’ Yājñavalkya said, ‘This is my knowledge of Brahman—what is it?—that I know the quarters, i.e. the meditation concerning them; not the quarters alone, but with their presiding deities and supports as well.’ The other said, ‘If you know the quarters with their deities and supports, i.e. if you say you know the meditation with its results—