Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.11.3

ācāryāya dadau śeṣāḿ

yāvatī bhūs tad-antarā

manyamāna idaḿ kṛtsnaḿ

brāhmaṇo 'rhati niḥspṛhaḥ

SYNONYMS

ācāryāya — unto the ācārya, the spiritual master; dadau — gave; śeṣām — the balance; yāvatī — whatever; bhūḥ — land; tat-antarā — existing between the east, west, north and south; manyamānaḥ — thinking; idam — all this; kṛtsnam — wholly; brāhmaṇaḥ — the brāhmaṇas; arhati — deserve to possess; niḥspṛhaḥ — having no desire.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, thinking that because the brāhmaṇas have no material desires they should possess the entire world, Lord Rāmacandra delivered the land between the east, west, north and south to the ācārya.

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