 पशूनां त्रिशतं तत्र यूपेषु नियतं तदा।अश्वरत्नोत्तमं तस्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य च ।। 
 Three hundred animals and the jewel of the horses from the stables belonging to king Dasaratha were bound to the sacrificial posts. 