Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.2.1.12

4.2.1.12

sa śrīṇāti | mano na yeṣu havaneṣu tigmaṃ vipaḥ śacyā vanutho dravantā ā yaḥ śaryābhistuvinṛmṇo asyāśrīṇītādiśaṃ gabhastāveṣa te yoniḥ prajāḥ pāhīti sādayatyādyo hyetamanvādyā hīmāḥ prajā viśastasmādāhaiṣa te yoniḥ prajāḥ pāhīti

He mixes it with (Vâg. S. VII, 17; Rig-veda X, 61, 3), 'At whichever offerings ye two, rushing swiftly as thought, accept with favour the songs--he, the manly, who by the reeds of this (one) hath seasoned in the hand the (object of his) desire;'--with 'This is thy womb: protect the creatures!' he deposits it (on the north part of the mound); for to this (graha) corresponds the food, and these creatures, the people, are food: hence he says, 'This is thy womb: protect the creatures!'