Shatapatha Brahmana 2.5.2.2

2.5.2.2

tā varuṇo jagrāha | tā varuṇagṛhītāḥ paridīrṇā anatyaśca prāṇatyaṣca śiśyire ca niṣeduśca prāṇodānau haivābhyo nāpacakramaturathānyāḥ sarvā devatā apacakramustayorhaivāsya hetoḥ prajā na parābabhūvuḥ

Varuna seized them; and on being seized by Varuna, they became rent all over; and they lay and sat them down breathing in and breathing out. The out-breathing and in-breathing forsook them not, but all the other deities forsook them; and owing to these two, the creatures did not perish.