Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.85

1.85

saṃtatāssarpanti
saṃtata iva vai svargo lokaḥ
svargasyaiva lokasya saṃtatyā avyavacchedāya
prāvabhrā iva sarpanti
pratikūlamiva vā itassvargo lokaḥ
tadyathā vā adaḥ pratikūlamudyanprāvabhra iva bhavatyevamevaitat
svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyā anapavyādhāya
adhvaryuḥ prathamassarpati prāṇo yajñasya
tasmādyadavacchidyeranprāṇādavacchidyeranpramāyukāssyuḥ
prastotā dvitīyassarpati mukhaṃ sāmnaḥ
tasmādyadavacchidyeranmukhyaṃ ārtimārcheyuḥ
udgātā tṛtīyassarpati sarvadevatyaḥ prajāpatiḥ
tasmādyadavacchidyeransarvajyāniṃ jīyeran
pratihartā caturthassarpati turīyaṃ sāmnaḥ
tasmādyadavacchideraṃsturīyeṇātmano yātayeyuḥ
yajamānaḥ pañcamassarpati
pāṅkto yajñaḥ pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ
tasmādyadavacchidyeranyajñātpaśubhyo'vacchidyeran

They creep connected. / Continuous, as it were, is the heavenly world. / [It is] for the continuity, for the non-interruption of the heavenly world. / They creep leaning forward, as it were. / Against the stream, as it were, is the heavenly world from here. / Just as yonder one going upstream leans forward, as it were, even so is this. / [It is] for the attainment, for the non-failing of the heavenly world. / The Adhvaryu creeps first; he is the breath of the sacrifice. / Therefore, if they should be severed, they would be severed from breath; they would be liable to perish. / The Prastotṛ creeps second; he is the mouth of the sāman. / Therefore, if they should be severed, the chief person would incur misfortune. / The Udgātṛ creeps third; he has all the deities, he is Prajāpati. / Therefore, if they should be severed, they would suffer the loss of everything. / The Pratihartṛ creeps fourth; he is the fourth part of the sāman. / Therefore, if they should be severed, they would be tormented in a fourth of their self. / The sacrificer creeps fifth. / Fivefold is the sacrifice, fivefold are cattle. / Therefore, if they should be severed, they would be severed from the sacrifice, from cattle.