Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.3.10

2.4.3.10

tadāhuḥ | paryābhūdvā ayamekakapālo mohiṣyati rāṣṭramiti nāsya sā paricakṣāhavanīyo vā āhutīnām pratiṣṭhā sa yadāhavanīyam prāpyāpi daśa kṛtvaḥ paryāvarteta na tadādriyeta yadīttvanye vadanti kastatsaṃdhamupeyāttasmādājyasyaiva yajedājyaṃ ha vā anayordyāvāpṛthivyoḥ pratyakṣaṃ rasastatpratyakṣamevaine etatsvena rasena medhena prīṇāti tasmādājyasyaiva yajet

Hence they say, 'That (cake) contained on one potsherd has turned upside down: it will throw the kingdom into disorder.' No offence (is, however, committed) by him, for the Âhavanîya is the support of oblations; and if, after reaching the Âhavanîya, (the cake) were to turn upside down ten times, he need not heed it. And if others ask as to who would care to incur (the result of) such a combination (of errors), let him offer nothing but butter; for clarified butter is manifestly the sap of those two, heaven and earth, so that he thereby manifestly gladdens those two with their own sap or essence: hence he need offer nothing but butter.