Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.1.3.2

2.1.3.2

te vā eta ṛtavaḥ | devāḥ pitaraḥ sa yo haivaṃ vidvāndevāḥ pitara iti hvayatyā hāsya devā devahūyaṃ gacantyā pitaraḥ pitṛhūyamavanti hainaṃ devā devahūye 'vanti pitaraḥ pitṛhūye ya evaṃ vidvāndevāḥ pitara iti hvayati

Those seasons, then, are the gods and the fathers; and whosoever, knowing this, invokes them as the gods and fathers, with his invocation of the gods the gods comply, and with his invocation of the fathers the fathers comply. Him the gods favour at his invocation of the gods, and him the fathers favour at his invocation of the fathers, whosoever, knowing this, invokes (the seasons) as the gods and fathers.