Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.8.2.24

3.8.2.24

hutvā vapāmevāgre 'bhighārayati | atha pṛṣadājyaṃ tadu ha carakādhvaryavaḥ pṛṣadājyamevāgre 'bhighārayanti prāṇaḥ pṛṣadājyamiti vadantastadu ha yājñavalkyaṃ carakādhvaryuranuvyājahāraivaṃ kurvantam prāṇaṃ vā ayamantaragādadhvaryuḥ prāṇa enaṃ hāsyatīti

Having offered, he bastes first the omentum, then the clotted ghee. Now the Karaka-Adhvaryus, forsooth, baste first the clotted ghee, arguing that the clotted ghee is the breath; and a Karaka-Adhvaryu, forsooth, cursed Yâgñavalkya for so doing, saying, 'That Adhvaryu has shut out the breath; the breath shall depart from him!'