Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.1.39

6.3.1.39

abhrirasīti | abhrirhyeṣā tadenaṃ satyenādatte nāryasīti vajro vā abhriryoṣā nārī na vai yoṣā kaṃ cana hinasti śamayatyevaināmetadahiṃsāyai tvayā vayamagniṃ śakema khanituṃ sadhastha etīdaṃ vai sadhasthaṃ tvayā vayamagniṃ śakema khanitumasmintsadhastha ityetajjāgatena candasāṅgirasvaditi tadenāṃ jāgatena candasādatte 'tho asyāṃ jāgataṃ cando dadhāti

[Vâg. S. XI, 10] 'A spade thou art,'--for a spade it is: he thus takes it by means of the truth;--'A woman thou art!'--the spade is a thunderbolt, and the woman is a female, and a female injures no one: he thus appeases it so as not to do any injury. 'By thee may we be able to dig out Agni in the seat!' the seat no doubt is this (spot): thus, 'By thee may we be able to dig out Agni in this seat (place).'--'By the Gagatî metre, Aṅgiras-like!' he thus takes it up by means of the Gagatî metre, and lays the Gagatî metre into it.