Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.5.12

30.5.12

tān na pratyuācacakṣire /

of heaven' (said) the Āditya; 'we' the Aṅgirases. The Aṅgirases sent to the Ādityas (saying) 'Ours is the pressing day to-morrow; do ye cause us to sacrifice.' Agni was their envoy; the Ādityas said 'Ours is the pressing day to-day; and thou art the Hotṛ for us here, Bṛhaspati the Brahman, Ayāsya the Udgātṛ, Ghora Āṅgirasa the Ādhvaryu.' Them they rejected; him they desired to please with these (verses); thus they repeat these (verses). They brought a white horse as sacrificial fee, that one which here gives heat; therefore the Ādityas went to heaven; he goes to heaven who knows thus.