Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.8.3.1

11.8.3.1

tadāhuḥ kiṃdevatya eṣa paśuḥ syāditi prājāpatyaḥ syādityāhuḥ prajāpatirvā etamagre'bhyapaśyattasmātprājāpatya evaiṣa paśuḥ syāditi

Here, now, they say, 'To what deity should this victim belong?'--'It should belong to Pragâpati,' they say; 'for it was Pragâpati who first saw it: therefore it is to Pragâpati that this victim should belong.'