Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.6.4.15

3.6.4.15

athāvraścanamabhijuhoti | nedato nāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsyanūttiṣṭhāniti vajro vā ājyaṃ tadvajreṇaivaitannāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsyavabādhate tathāto nāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsi nānūttiṣṭhantyatho reto vā ājyaṃ tadvanaspatiṣvevaitadreto dadhāti tasmādretasa āvraścanādvanaspatayo 'nu prajāyante

Upon the stump he then offers ghee, 'lest the evil spirits should rise therefrom after (the tree):' ghee being a thunderbolt, he thus repels the evil spirits by means of the thunderbolt, and thus the evil spirits do not rise therefrom after it. And ghee being seed, he thus endows the trees with that seed; and from that seed (in) the stump trees are afterwards produced.