Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.2.7.12

13.2.7.12

na vā u etanmriyase na riṣyasīti praśvāsayatyevainaṃ taddevāṃ ideṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiriti devayānānevainam patho darśayati yatrāsate sukṛto yatra te yayuriti sukṛdbhirevainaṃ salokaṃ karoti tatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātviti savitaivainaṃ svarge loke dadhāti prajāpataye tvā juṣṭam prokṣāmītyupāṃśvathopagṛhṇāti

[Vâg: S. XXIII, 16,] 'Thou shalt not die here, neither suffer harm,'--he thereby cheers it;--'on easy paths thou goest to the gods,'--he thereby shows him the paths leading to the gods;--'where dwell the pious, whither they have gone,'--he thereby makes it one who shares the same world with the pious;--'thither the god Savitri shall lead thee,'--it is, indeed, Savitri that leads him to the heavenly world.--Whilst whispering 'I sprinkle thee, acceptable unto Pragâpati,' he then holds (the sprinkling water) under (its mouth).