O foremost of men, such is the power of the horse-sacrifice, that the king Ila, though converted into a female, regained manhood by virtue thereof.
ईदृशो ह्यश्वमेधस्य प्रभावः पुरुषर्षभ। स्त्रीपूर्वः पौरुषं लेभे।। यच्चान्यदपि दुर्लभम्।।२४