It is heard that in the former Aeon persons, desirous of acquiring regions of merit hereafter, celebrated sacrifices with seeds, regarding such animals as dedicated by them.
श्रूयते हि पुरा कल्पे नृणां व्रीहिपयः पशुः। येनायजन्त यज्वानः पुण्यलोकपरायणाः॥