Shantikamalakara 3.73

3.73

dakṣiṇa ca sahasraṃ dhenavaḥ sahasraṃ śaṃkha ityādi sarveṣā madhavā gāvaḥ iti pakṣe navaśatagāvaḥ = savaśataṃ suvarṇāni. adha koṭihomasya śatamukhadaśamukha = dvimukhai kamukha = bhedā ucyaṃte = saṃvaraṇa uvāca ----
ślo .. bahutvātkarmaṇobrahman keṭihāmaḥ suduṣkaraḥ .
niyamā brahmacaryādyā duṣkarā iti mematiḥ .. 73

And the sacrificial fee is a thousand milch cows, a thousand conches, and so forth for all; or in the view where [only] cattle are given, nine hundred cattle, [or] nine hundred gold coins. Now the divisions of the koṭihoma into hundred-faced, ten-faced, two-faced, and one-faced are stated: Saṃvaraṇa said: — / ‘Because of the vastness of the ritual, O brāhmaṇa, the koṭihoma is exceedingly difficult to perform; / the observances such as celibacy are difficult to observe, so I consider. 73