Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.3.4.28

2.3.4.28

atha gārhapatyamabhyaiti | sa gārhapatyamupatiṣṭhata upa tvāgne dive dive doṣāvastardhiyā vayam namo bharanta emasīti nama evāsmā etatkaroti yathainaṃ na hiṃsyāt

He then steps up to the Gârhapatya, and renders homage to it, with the text (ib. 22 b), 'Thee, O Agni, illuminer of the night, we approach day by day with prayer, paying homage unto thee.' He thus renders homage to it in order that it may not injure him.