Shatapatha Brahmana 4.6.9.1

4.6.9.1

devā ha vai sattramāsata | śriyaṃ gacema yaśaḥ syāmānnādāḥ syāmeti tebhya etadannādyamabhijitamapācikramiṣatpaśavo vā annam paśavo haivaibhyastadapācikramiṣanyadvai na ime śrāntā na hiṃsyuḥ kathamiva svinnaḥ sakṣyanta iti

Now, once on a time, the gods were sitting in a sacrificial session, thinking, 'May we attain excellence; may we be glorious, may we be eaters of food!' That same food, gained by them, wished to go away from them,--and, food being cattle, it was the cattle that wished to go away from them, thinking, 'It is to be feared lest they, being exhausted, may hurt us: how, indeed, will they deal with us?'