Shatapatha Brahmana 1.5.1.11

1.5.1.11

sa ārṣeyamuktvāha | brahmaṇvaditi brahma hyagnistasmādāha brahmaṇvadityā ca vakṣaditi tadyā evaitaddevatā āvoḍhavā āha tā evaitadāhā ca vakṣaditi 1.5.1[.1]2 brāhmaṇā asya yajñasya prāvitāra iti | ete vai brāhmaṇā yajñasyaprāvitāro ye 'nūcānā ete hyenaṃ tanvata eta enaṃ janayanti tadu tebhyo nihnute tasmādāha brāhmaṇā asya yajñasya prāvitāra iti

Having named the ancestral, he says, 'Like as, Brahman;'--for Agni is the Brahman (the Veda, or the sacerdotium), and therefore he says 'like as Brahman;'--'may he bring (the gods) hither!' what deities he bids him bring hither, those he refers to in saying 'may he bring (them) hither.'