Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.4.16

5.2.4.16

sa ulmukamādatte | agne sahasva pṛtanā iti yudho vai pṛtanā yudhaḥ sahasvetyevaitadāhābhimātīrapāsyeti sapatno vā abhimātiḥ sapatnamapajahītyevaitadāha duṣṭarastarannarātīriti dustaro hyeṣa rakṣobhirnāṣṭrābhistarannarātīriti sarvaṃ hyeṣa pāpmānaṃ tarati tasmādāha tarannarātīriti varco dhā yajñavāhasīti sādhu yajamānaṃ dadhadityevaitadāha

He takes the firebrand with (Vâg. S. IX, 37; Rik S. III, 24, 1), 'Encounter the arrays, Agni!'--arrays means battles: 'encounter the battles!' he thereby says;--'Repel the evil-wisher!'--the evil-wisher is the enemy: 'beat off the enemy!' he thereby says;--'Unconquerable, conquering the evil-doers!'--unconquerable he is indeed, by the Rakshas, the fiends; and conquering the evil-doers, for he conquers every evil: therefore he says, 'conquering the evil-doers;'--'Bestow glory upon the offerer of sacrifice!'--'bestowing blessing on the Sacrificer,' is what he thereby says.