Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.6.4.13

3.6.4.13

tam pracyavamānamanumantrayate | dyām mā lekhīrantarikṣam mā hiṃsīḥ pṛthivyā sambhaveti vajro vā eṣa bhavati yaṃ yūpāya vṛścanti tasmādvajrātpracyavamānādime lokāḥ saṃrejante tadebhya evainametallokebhyaḥ śamayati tathemāṃlokāñcānto na hinasti

The falling (tree) he addresses with the text (Vâg. S. V; 43), 'Graze not the sky! hurt not the air! unite with the earth!' for verily that (tree) which they cut for the stake is a thunderbolt, and these worlds tremble for fear of that falling thunderbolt; but he thereby propitiates it for these worlds, and thus propitiated it injures not these worlds.