Aitareyabrahmana 1.24

1.24

jitayo vai nāmaitā yad upasado, 'sapatnāṃ vā etābhir
devā vijitiṃ vyajayantā/sapatnāṃ
vijitiṃ vijayate ya evaṃ veda
yāṃ devā eṣu lokeṣu yām ṛtuṣu
yām māseṣu yām ardhamāseṣu yām ahorātrayor vijitiṃ vyajayanta,
tāṃ vijitiṃ vijayate ya evaṃ veda
te devā abibhayur:
asmākaṃ vipremāṇam anv idam asurā ābhaviṣyantīti.
te vyutkramyāmantrayantāgnir Vasubhir udakrāmad,
īndro Rudrair, Varuṇa ādityair, Bṛhaspatir Viśvair devais
te tathā vyutkramyāmantrayanta. te 'bruvan:
hanta yā eva na imāḥ priyatamās tanvas tā asya Varuṇasya rājño
gṛhe saṃnidadhāmahai; tābhir eva naḥ sa na saṃgachātai
yo na etad atikrāmād, ya ālulobhayiṣād iti. tatheti.
te Varuṇasya rājño gṛhe tanūḥ saṃnyadadhata
te yad Varuṇasya rājño gṛhe tanūḥ saṃnyadadhata tat tānūnaptram abhavat,
tat tānūnaptrasya tānūnaptratvaṃ
tasmād āhur:
na satānūnaptriṇe drogdhavyam iti
tasmād v idam asurā nānvābhavanti

i. 24 (iv. 7). The Upasads are called victories; by them the gods won an unrivalled victory; an unrivalled victory does he win who thus knows. The victory which the gods won over these worlds, the seasons, the months, the half-months, the day and night, that victory he wins who knows thus.

The gods were afraid, ‘Through our disagreement the Asuras will wax great here.’ Having gone apart they took council; Agni went out with the Vasus, Indra with the Rudras, Varuṇa with the Ādityas, Bṛhaspati with the All-gods. Having thus gone apart they took council; they said, ‘Come, our dearest bodies let us deposit in the house of king Varuṇa; with them may he not be united who shall transgress this, who shall seek to cause trouble.’ ‘Be it so’ (they replied). They deposited their bodies in the house of king Varuṇa; that became their bodily covenant; that is why the bodily covenant (Tānūnaptra) has its name. Therefore they say, ‘One should not show treachery to one united by the bodily covenant.’ Therefore the Asuras do not wax great here.