Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.4.5.22

4.4.5.22

athopamārayati | avabhṛtha nicumpuṇa nicerurasi nicumpuṇaḥ ava devairdevakṛtameno yāsiṣamava martyairmartyakṛtamityava hyetaddevairdevakṛtameno 'yāsītsomena rājñāva martyairmartyakṛtamityava hyetanmartyairmartyakṛtameno 'yāsītpaśunā puroḍāśena pururāvṇo deva riṣaspāhīti sarvābhyo mārtibhyo gopāyetyevaitadāha

He then immerses it with (Vâg. S. VIII, 27), 'O laving bath, laving thou glidest along: with the help of the gods may I wipe out the sin committed against the gods; and with the help of the mortals that committed against mortals!'--for the sin committed against the gods he has indeed wiped out with the help of the gods, namely, with the help of king Soma; and the sin committed against mortals he has wiped out with the help of mortals, namely, by means of the animal victim and the sacrificial cake--'Preserve me, O god, from injury from the fiercely-howling (demon)!' whereby he means to say, 'Preserve me from all inflictions!'