iti sma rajadhyavasaya-yuktah
pracina-mulesu kusesu dhirah
udaṅmukho daksina-kula aste
samudra-patnyah sva-suta-nyasta-bharah
iti-thus; sma-as in the past; raja-the King; adhyavasaya-perseverance; yuktah-being engaged; pracina-eastern; mulesu-with the root; kusesu-on a seat made of kusa straw; dhirah-self-controlled; udaṅmukhah-facing the northern side; daksina-on the southern; kula-bank; aste-situated; samudra-the sea; patnyah-wife of (the Ganges); sva-own; suta-son; nyasta-given over; bharah-the charge of administration.