Gautama said This man has not like us only three pieces of covering made of Kusha grass, and a single Ranku skin, each of which, again, is three years old. Hence it is that I see both him and his dog so well formed.
गौतम उवाच नैतस्येह यथास्माकं त्रिकौशेयं च राङ्कवम्। एकैकं वै त्रिवर्षीयं तेन पीवाञ्छना सह॥