Gopathabrahmana 1.2.21

1.2.21

agniṃ tv āhur vaiśvānaraṃ sadanān pradahanvagāḥ / sa no devatrādhibrūhi māriṣām ā vayaṃ taveti / tam etābhiḥ pañcabhir ṛgbhir upākurute yad akrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna iti / so 'śāmyat tasmād aśvaḥ paśūnāṃ jighatsur atamo bhavati vaiśvānaro hy eṣa tasmād agniḥ padam aśvaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasya rasam apīḍayat sa raso 'bhavad raso ha vā eṣa taṃ vā etaṃ rasaṃ santaṃ ratha ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ / sa devān āgacchat sa devebhyo 'nvātiṣṭhat tasmād devā abibhayus taṃ brahmaṇe prāyacchat tam etayarcājyāhutyābhyajuhod indrasyaujo marutām anīkam iti / ratham abhihutvā tām etayarcātiṣṭhad vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā iti / tasmād āgnyādheyikaṃ rathaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasya takṣāṇas tanūjyeṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ niramimata / tāṃ pañcasv apaśyad ṛci yajuṣi sāmni śānte 'tha ghore / tāsāṃ dve brahmaṇe prāyacchad vācaṃ ca jyotiś ca vāg vai dhenur jyotir hiraṇyaṃ tasmād āgnyādheyikāṃ cātuṣprāśyāṃ dhenuṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattā paśuṣu śāmyamāneṣu cakṣur hāpayanti cakṣur eva tadātmani dhatte yad vai cakṣus taddhiraṇyaṃ tasmād āgnyādheyikaṃ hiraṇyaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasyātmann adhatta tena prājvalayad yan nādhatta tad āglābhavat tad āglā bhūtvā sā samudraṃ prāviśat sā samudram adahat tasmāt samudro durgir api vaiśvānareṇa hi dagdhaḥ sā pṛthivīm udait sā pṛthivīṃ vyadahat sā devān āgacchat sā devān ahiḍat te devā brahmāṇam upādhāvan sa naivāgāyan nānṛtyat saiṣāglaiṣā kāruvidā nāma taṃ vā etam āglāhataṃ santam āglāgṛdha ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ / ya eṣa brāhmaṇo gāyano vā nartano vā bhavati tam āglāgṛdha ity ācakṣate tasmād brāhmaṇo
naiva gāyen nānṛtyen māglāgṛdhaḥ syāt tasmād brāhmyaṃ pūrvaṃ havir aparaṃ prājāpatyaṃ prājāpatyāt brāhmaṇam evottamam iti brāhmaṇam //