Aitareyabrahmana 3.36

3.36

jātavedasyaṃ śaṃsati
Prajāpatiḥ prajā āsṛjata.
tāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ parācya evāyan, na vyāvartanta.
ta agninā paryagachat, tā agnim upāvartanta, tam evādyāpy upāvṛttāḥ.
so 'bravīj: jātā vai prajā anenāvidam iti.
yad abravīj: jātā vai prajā anenāvidam iti, taj jātavedasyam abhavat,
taj jātavedaso jātavedastvaṃ
tā agninā parigatā niruddhāḥ śocantyaḥ dīdhyatyo 'tiṣṭhaṃs.
tā adbhir abhyaṣiñcat,
tasmād upariṣṭāj jātavedasyasyāpohiṣṭhīyam śaṃsati
tasmāt tac chamayateva śaṃstavyaṃ.
tā adbhir abhiṣcya nijāsyaivāmanyata
tāsu vā Ahinā budhnyena parokṣāt tejo 'dadhād.
eṣa ha vā Ahir budhnyo yad agnir gārhapatyo,
'gninaivāsu tad gārhapatyena parokṣāt tejo dadhāti.
tasmād āhur: juhvad evājuhvato vasīyān iti

iii. 36 (xiii. 12). He recites (a hymn) to Jātavedas; Prajāpati created offspring; they created went away and returned not. Them he surrounded with Agni; they came up to Agni; to him to-day even they come up. He said ‘Offspring born by him I have found.’ In that he said ‘Offspring born by him I have found’, that became (the hymn) to Jātavedas; that is why Jātavedas has his name. They, surrounded by Agni, and controlled, kept scorching and blazing; them he sprinkled with water. Therefore after (the hymn) to Jātavedas he recites the Āpohiṣṭhīya; therefore should it be recited by one who is appeasing. Having sprinkled them with water he thought that he had destroyed them; in them by means of the dragon of the deep he mysteriously placed brilliance. Agni Gārhapatya is the dragon of the deep; verily thus by Agni Gārhapatya mysteriously he places brilliance in them. Therefore they say ‘He who offers is more brilliant than he who does not offer.’