Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.4.4.13

4.4.4.13

devā gātuvida iti | gātuvido hi devā gātuṃ vittveti yajñaṃ vittvetyevaitadāha gātumiteti tadetena yathāyathaṃ vyavasṛjati manasaspata imaṃ deva yajñaṃ svāhā vāte dhā ityayaṃ vai yajño yo 'yam pavate tadimaṃ yajñaṃ sambhṛtyaitasminyajñe pratiṣṭhāpayati yajñena yajñaṃ saṃdadhāti tasmādāha svāhā vāte dhā iti

[The seventh with Vâg. S. VIII, 21], 'Ye path-finding gods,'--for the gods are, indeed, the finders of the path;--'having found the path,'--'having found the sacrifice,' he thereby means to say;--'go ye in the path!' therewith he dismisses them in due form;--'O divine Lord of mind, this sacrifice--Svâhâ!--give thou to the wind!' for the sacrifice, indeed, is yonder blowing (wind): having thus completed this sacrifice, he establishes it in that sacrifice, and thus unites sacrifice with sacrifice,--hence he says, 'Svâhâ! give (it) to the wind!'