Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.7.1.1

11.7.1.1

paśubandhena yajate paśavo vai paśubandhaḥ sa yatpaśubandhena yajate paśumānasānīti tena gṛheṣu yajeta gṛheṣu paśūnbadhnā iti tena suyavase yajeta suyavase paśūnbadhnā iti jīryanti ha vai juhvato yajamānasyāgnayo'gnīnjīryato'nu yajamāno yajamānamanu gṛhāśca paśavaśca

He performs the animal sacrifice. Now the animal sacrifice means cattle: thus, when he performs the animal sacrifice (pasubandha, the binding of the animal), it is in order that he may be possessed of cattle. Let him perform it at his home, thinking, 'I will bind (attach) cattle to my home.' Let him perform it in the season of abundant fodder, thinking, 'I will bind to myself cattle in a season of abundant fodder.' For, whilst he is offering, the Sacrificer's fires become worn out, and so does the Sacrificer, along with the worn-out fires, and along with the Sacrificer his house and cattle.