Ashtavakra said: Six cows are paid as Dakshina on establishing the sacred fire; six are the seasons belonging to the wheel of time, six stars constitute the constellation Kirtika and the Vedas say six the number of Sadyaska sacrifice.
अष्टावक्र उवाच षडाधाने दक्षिणामाहुरेके षट् चैवेमे ऋतवः कालचक्रम्। षडिन्द्रियाण्युत षट् कृत्तिकाश्च षट् साद्यस्काः सर्ववेदेषु दृष्टाः॥