इन्द्रो वायुर्यमश्चैव नैर्ऋतो मध्यमस्तथा ।
इन्द्रो वायुर्यमश्चैव नैर्ऋतो मध्यमस्तथा । ईशानश्च कुबेरश्च अग्निर्वरुण एव च ॥ First breaking the conjugations – इन्द्र: वायु: यम: च एव नैर्ऋतः मध्यम: तथा । ईशान: च कुबेर: च अग्नि: वरुण: एव च ॥ In order of appearance in above sloka: 1. इन्द्र: = Indra, presiding deity of the easterly direction 2. वायु: = wind, presiding deity of north-westerly direction 3. यम: = Yama, presiding deity of Southern direction. 4. नैर्ऋतः = one of eight “Vasu”s , presiding deity of south-westerly direction 5. मध्यम: = the middle one 6. ईशान: = name of Shiva, presiding deity of North-easterly direction. 7. कुबेर: = God of wealth, presiding deity of north direction 8. अग्नि: = fire, presiding deity of south-easterly direction 9. वरुण: = God of rains, presiding deity of western direction place them in their respective place according to above information: 2 वायु: 7 कुबेर: 6 ईशान: 9 वरुण: 5 मध्यम: 1 इन्द्र: 4 नैर्ऋतः 3 यम: 8 अग्नि: Now look just at the numbers. Numbers in all rows, columns and diagonals sum ...