Shatapatha Brahmana 13.1.5.1

13.1.5.1

apa vā etasmāt śrī rāṣṭraṃ krāmati yo'śvamedhena yajate yadā vai puruṣaḥ śriyaṃ gacati vīṇāsmai vādyate brāhmaṇau vīṇāgāthinau saṃvatsaraṃ gāyataḥ śriyai vā etadrūpaṃ yadvīṇā śriyamevāsmiṃstaddhattaḥ

But, indeed, distinction, royal sway, departs from him who performs the horse-sacrifice; and when a man attains to distinction, the lute is played to him. Two Brâhmanical lute-players sing (and play) for a year; for that--to wit, the lute--is a form (attribute) of distinction: it is distinction they thus confer upon him.