athartvijo yajamanah sadasyah
kakubhy udicyam prasamiksya renum
tamah kim etat kuta etad rajo 'bhud
iti dvija dvija-patnyas ca dadhyuh
atha-at that time; rtvijah-the priests; yajamanah-the chief person performing the sacrifice (Daksa); sadasyah-all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena; kakubhi udicyam-in the northern direction; prasamiksya-seeing; renum-the dust storm; tamah-darkness; kim-what; etat-this; kutah-from where; etat-this; rajah-dust; abhut-has come; iti-thus; dvijah-the brahmanas; dvija-patnyah-the wives of the brahmanas; ca-and; dadhyuh-began to speculate.