Vasishtha said The kine which had been created in former age practised the hardest penances for a hundred thousand years with the objects of acquiring a position of great preeminence.
वसिष्ठ उवाच शतं वर्षसहस्राणां तपस्तप्तं सुदुष्करम्। गोभिः पूर्वं विसृष्टाभिर्गच्छेम श्रेष्ठतामिति॥