Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.9.3.19

1.9.3.19

athāvartate | sūryasyāvṛtamanvāvarta iti tadetāṃ gatimetām pratiṣṭhāṃ gatvaitasyaivāvṛtamanvāvartate

He steps to it, with the text (Vâg. S. II, 27 a), 'O householder Agni, may I become a good householder through thee, O Agni, the householder! Mayest thou, O Agni, become a good householder through me, the householder!' there is nothing in this requiring explanation.--'May our household matters be unlike a cart with only one bullock,' he thereby says, 'may our household matters be free from calamities;'--'for a hundred winters!' he thereby says, 'may I live a hundred years.' He need not, however, say this; for man lives even longer than a hundred years: hence he need not say this.