चतसृष्वादिशद्दिक्षु भ्रातॄन्भ्राता यवीयसः ।
कृतदारो जुगोपोर्वीं काव्यस्य वृषपर्वणः ॥ ४ ॥
catasrsu-over the four; adisat-allowed to rule; diksu-directions; bhratrn-four brothers; bhrata-Yayati; yaviyasah-young; krta-darah-married; jugopa-ruled; urvim-the world; kavyasya-the daughter of Sukracarya; vrsaparvanah-the daughter of Vrsaparva.
King Yayati had four younger brothers, whom he allowed to rule the four directions. Yayati himself married Devayani, the daughter of Sukracarya, and Sarmistha, the daughter of Vrsaparva, and ruled the entire earth.