Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.1.19

3.2.1.19

te devā yajñamabruvan | yoṣā vā iyaṃ vāgupamantrayasva hvayiṣyate vai tveti svayaṃ vā haivaikṣata yoṣā vā iyaṃ vāgupamantrayai hvayiṣyate vai meti tāmupāmantrayata sā hāsmā ārakādivaivāgra āsūyattasmādu strī puṃsopamantritārakādivaivāgre 'sūyati sa hovācārakādiva vai ma āsūyīditi

The gods said to Yagña (m., the sacrifice), 'That Vâk (f., speech) is a woman: beckon her, and she will certainly call thee to her.' Or it may be, he himself thought, 'That Vâk is a woman: I will beckon her and she will certainly call me to her.' He accordingly beckoned her. She, however, at first disdained him from the distance: and hence a woman, when beckoned by a man, at first disdains him from the distance. He said, 'She has disdained me from the distance.'