Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.3.3

3.3.3.3

śaphena te krīṇānīti | bhūyo vā ataḥ somo rājārhatītyāha somavikrayī bhūya evātaḥ somo rājārhati mahāṃstveva gormahimetyadhvaryuretānyeva daśa vīryāṇyudākhyāyāha padā te 'rdhena te gavā te krīṇāmīti krītaḥ somo rājetyāha somavikrayī vayāṃsi prabrūhīti

'I will buy him of thee for one hoof!'--'King Soma, surely, is worth more than that!' says the Soma-seller.--'Yea, King Soma is worth more than that, but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow,' replies the Adhvaryu; and, having (each time) enumerated the same ten virtues, he says, 'I will buy him of thee for one foot,'--'for half (the cow),'--'for the cow!'--'King Soma has been bought!' says the Soma-seller, 'name the kinds!'