Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.257

2-7.257

tadāhu stomaireva pṛṣṭhyaṃ ṣaḍahamāpnoti saṃpadā chandomānrātryā daśamamahariti
sa yavadvādaśāhena dakṣiṇāvatāvarunddhe ya evaṃ veda
athaiṣā sahasratamī tāṃ yaddadyādricyetānu garbhāśśuṣyeyuryanna dadyādūnamasya sahasraṃ
dattaṃ syāt
kalāṃ cādeyaṃ ca na dadyāt
tanmithunam
tadanu prajāyate
tadāhuradattaṃ vai tathā bhavatyuta vai kalāmevānvavajayati
tattatkalāṃ vānu sahasraṃ iyāt
kalāvānu sahasraṃ tattadavijñānaṃ datvaivaināmadyayā gavā niṣkrīṇīyāditi
tadu vā āhurdattaṃ vai tathā bhavati
gauritarā gauritarorṇāsūtrasyaivanāmāvikasya yāvadarhantīmmanyeta tāvatā
niṣkrīṇīyāditi
ūrṇāsūtramu vai goḥ kiñcidiva
dattamasya sahasraṃ bhavati nātmanā ricyate
sa yathā vāgarayā vā rajjvā vā vrajaṃ
paritanuyādevamevaitatpaśūnparigṛhṇīte'parāvāpāya
nāsya vittaṃ paropyate ya evaṃ veda

Regarding this, they say: through the stomas he attains the pṛṣṭhya six-day period; through the concordance, the chandomas; through the night, the tenth day. Whatever one wins by means of a twelve-day rite accompanied by sacrificial gifts, he who knows thus wins. Now, there is this thousandth [cow]. If he should give it, he would be emptied out, and the embryos would dry up; if he should not give it, his thousand given would be deficient. He should not give a part and what is to be given. That is a pair. After that, he procreates. Regarding this, they say: thus, indeed, it becomes ungiven, or indeed he surrenders just a part. Then the thousand would follow that part, or that part would follow the thousand; that is an uncertainty. Having given it, he should buy it back with an ordinary cow. Regarding this, they also say: thus, indeed, it becomes given. A cow is the other, a cow is the other; he should buy it back with wool thread from a sheep, for as much as he thinks it is worth. Now, wool thread is just a trifling thing compared to a cow. His thousand becomes given, and he is not emptied out himself. Just as one would enclose a pen with twigs or with a rope, in the very same way he holds on to the cattle, so that they do not wander off. His property is not scattered, who knows thus.