O king, animals of various forms are of fourteen kinds. O king, O lord of earth, these fourteen are the domestic and wild animals mentioned in the Vedas and on which the sacrifice rests.
नानारूपधरा राजेस्तेषां भेदाश्चतुर्दश। वेदोक्ताः पृथिवीपाल येषु यज्ञाः प्रतिष्ठिताः॥