Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.5.3.20

1.5.3.20

athottarāṃ juhūmadhyūhati | yajamānamevaitadviṣati bhrātṛvye 'dhyūhatyattāramādye 'dhyūhati tasmāduttarāṃ juhūmadhyūhati 1.5.3[.2]1 devā ha vā ūcuḥ | hanta vijitamevānu sarvaṃ yajñaṃ saṃsthāpayāma yadi no 'surarakṣasānyāsajeyuḥ saṃsthita eva no yajñaṃ syāditi

He holds the guhû over the upabhrit). Thereby he keeps the sacrificer above his spiteful enemy, he keeps the consumer above the one to be consumed: for this reason he holds the guhû over (the upabhrit).