Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.13.45

26.13.45

paśavo vai chandomāḥ /

end; having gone to the end he repeats as it were; for hence whitherward should he go? In the Marutvatīya are recited five hymns in the last Chandoma; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. Six at the end (are recited) in the Niṣkevalya; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year.