Atharvavedabrahmana 5.21

5.21

agniṃ tvādvaiśvānaraṃ sadanān pradahanvagāḥ | sano devatrādhibrūhi māriṣāmā vayantaveti
tametābhiḥ pañcabhirṛgbhirupākurute yadakrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna iti
so'śāmyattasmādaśvaḥ paśūnāṃ jighatsuratamo bhavati vaiśvānaro
hyeṣa tasmādagniḥ padamaśvaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattantasya
rasamapoḍayat sa raso'bhavadraso ha vā eṣa taṃ vā etaṃ rasaṃ santaṃ ratha
ityācakṣate, parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ | sa devānāgacchat sa devebhyo'nvātiṣṭhattasmāddevā abibhayustaṃ
brahmaṇe prāyacchattametayarcā''jyāhutyā'bhyajuhodindrasyaujò marutāmanīkamiti
rathamabhihutvā tametayarcā'tiṣṭhad vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi
bhūyā iti
tasmādāgnyādheyikaṃ rathaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ
tasya takṣāṇastanūjyeṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ niramimata | tāṃ pañcasvapaśyadṛci yajuṣi sāmni śānte'tha ghore
tāsāṃ dve brahmaṇe prāyacchadvācaṃ ca jyotiśca, vāgvai dhenuryyotirhiraṇyaṃ tasmādāgnyādheyikāṃ cātuṣprāśyāṃ dhenuṃ brahmaṇe
dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattā paśuṣu śāmyamāneṣu cakṣurhāpayanti
cakṣureva tadātmani dhatte yadvai cakṣustaddhiraṇyaṃ tasmādāgnyādheyikaṃ
hiraṇyaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasyātmannadhatta tena
prājvaladyad yannādhatta tadāglā'bhavattadāglā bhūtvā sā samudraṃ
prāviśatsā samudramadahattasmātsamudro durgirapi vaiśvānareṇa hi
dagdhaḥ sā pṛthivīmudaitsā pṛthivīṃ vyadahatsā devāṃnāgacchatsā devānahiḍatte devā brahmāṇamupādhāvan sa naivāgāyannānṛtyat saiṣāglaiṣā
kāruvidā nāma taṃ vā etamāglāhṛtaṃ santamāglāṣṭadha ityācakṣate,
parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā dūva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ | ya eṣa
brāhmaṇo gāyano vā narttano vā bhavati tamāglāṣṭadha ityācakṣate,
tasmād brāhmaṇo naiva gāyennānṛtyenmāglāṣṭadhaḥ syāttasmād brāhmā
pūrvaṃ haviraparaṃ prājāpatyaṃ prājāpatyāt brāhmāmevottamamiti brāhmaṇam