Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.5.2.23

2.5.2.23

pātrāṇi bhavanti pātreṣu hyaśanamaśyate yavamayāni bhavanti yavānhi jakṣuṣīrvaruṇo 'gṛhṇācūrpeṇa juhoti śūrpeṇa hyaśanaṃ kriyate patnī juhoti mithunādevaitadvaruṇapāśātprajāḥ pramuñcati

(In the form of) dishes they are, because it is from dishes that food is eaten; and of barley they are prepared, because it was when they (the creatures) had eaten the barley corn that Varuna seized them. From the winnowing basket she offers, because food is prepared by means of the winnowing basket. The wife offers (together with her husband): thus he delivers his offspring from Varuna's noose through conjugal union.