Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.1.2.20

3.1.2.20

tatparidhatte | dīkṣātapasostanūrasītyadīkṣitasya vāasyaiṣāgre tanūrbhavatyathātra dīkṣātapasostasmādāha dīkṣātapasostanūrasīti tāṃ tvā śivāṃ śagmām paridadha iti tāṃ tvā śivāṃ sādhvīm paridadha ityevaitadāha bhadraṃ varṇam puṣyanniti pāpavā eṣo 'gre varṇam puṣyati yamamumadīkṣito 'thātra bhadraṃ tasmādāha bhadraṃ varṇam puṣyanniti

He puts it round him, with the text, 'Thou art the covering of consecration and penance;' heretofore, indeed, this was the covering of him as one unconsecrated, but now it is that of consecration and penance: hence he says, 'thou art the covering of consecration and penance.' 'I put thee on, the kindly and auspicious;' whereby he means to say, 'I put thee on, the kindly and pleasing one;'-- 'fostering a fair appearance;' for evil indeed is that appearance which he has heretofore fostered while unconsecrated; but now (he fosters) a fair appearance: therefore he says, 'fostering a fair appearance.'