Gopathabrahmana 1.2.21

1.2.21

<agniṃ tvāhur vaiśvānaraṃ sadanān pradahanv agāḥ | sa no devatrādhi brūhi mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava [PS 1.95.3, sakala also at VaitS 6.7]>_iti
tam etābhiḥ pañcabhir ṛgbhir upākurute <yad akrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamānaḥ [ṚV 1.163.1]>_iti [ed. pratamaṃ, corrected p. 302]
so 'śāmyat
tasmād aśvaḥ paśūnāṃ jighatsutamo bhavati
vaiśvānaro hy eṣa
tasmād agnipadam aśvaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti
brahmaṇe hi prattam_
tasya rasam apīḍayat
sa raso 'bhavat_
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 etayarcājyāhutyābhyajuhot_
<indrasyaujo marutām anīkam [ŚS 6.125.3, cf. PS 15.11.7]> iti ratham abhihutya tam etayarcātiṣṭhad <vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyāḥ [ŚS 6.125.1, PS 15.11.8]> iti
tasmād āgnyādheyikaṃ rathaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti
brahmaṇe hi prattam_
tasya takṣāṇas tanūṃ jyeṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ niramimata
tāṃ pañcasv apaśyad ṛci yajuṣi sāmni śānte 'tha ghore
tāsāṃ dve brahmaṇe prāyacchad vācaṃ ca jyotiś ca