Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.4.2.13

4.4.2.13

atha yaḥ pracaraṇyāṃ saṃsravaḥ pariśiṣṭo bhavati | tenainaṃ śrīṇāti samardhayati vā anyāngrahāñcrīṇānnathaitaṃ vyardhayati vajro vā ājyametena vai devā vajreṇājyena ghnanneva patnīrnirākṣṇuvaṃstā hatā niraṣṭā nātmanaścanaiśata na dāyasya canaiśata tatho evaiṣa etena vajreṇājyena hantyeva patnīrnirakṣṇoti tā hatā niraṣṭā nātmanaścaneśate na dāyasya caneśate

He (the Adhvaryu) then mixes it with the residue (of ghee) which is left in the prakaranî spoon. Now other libations he completes by mixing, but this one he diminishes; for ghee is a thunderbolt, and by that thunderbolt, the ghee, the gods smote the wives and unmanned them, and thus smitten and unmanned they neither owned any self nor did they own any heritage. And in like manner does he now, by that thunderbolt, the ghee, smite the wives and unman them; and thus smitten and unmanned, they neither own any self nor do they own any heritage.