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THE COWS' WALK 159
tioned by immemorial usage ". These passages are very important
for our purpose, and I give below a close translation of each. The
first occurs in the Taittirtya Sainhita (VII, 5, 1, 1 - 2 )* and may
be rendered as follows :
" The cows held this sacrificial session, desiring that ' being
hornless let horns grow unto us '. Their session lasted ( for )
ten months. Then when the horns grew ( up ) they rose saying,
'We have gained'. But those, whose (horns) were not grown,
they rose after completing the year, saying 'We have gained'.
Those, that had their horns grown, and those that had not, both
rose saying ' We have gained '. Cows' session is thus the year
( year session ). Those, who know this, reach the year and
prosper verily. Therefore, the hornless (cow) moves (grazes )
pleased during the two rainy months. This is what the Sattra has
achieved for her. Therefore, whatever is done in · the house of
one performing the yearly Sattra is successfully, timely and pro-
perly done. "
This account slightly differs from that given in the Aitareya
Brahma~a. In the Sari:J.hita the cows whose session lasted for
twelve months, are said to be still hornless; but instead of gett-
ing vigour ( urjam ), they are said to have obtained as a reward
for their additional sitting, the pleasure of comfortable grazing
in the two rainy months, during which as the commentator observes,
the horned cows find their horns an impediment to graze freely
in the field, where new grass has grown up. But the statement
regarding the duration of the Sattra viz. that it lasted for ten or
tl'>'elve months, is the same both in the Samhita and in the
Bnihma~a. The Samhita again takes up the question in the next
Anuvaka (VII, 5, 2, 1-2 ),t and further describes the cows'
session as follows :

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