Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.3.13

6.3.3.13

athainamutkramayati | etadvai devā abruvankimimamabhyutkramiṣyāma iti mahatsaubhagamiti tam mahatsaubhagamabhyudakramayaṃstathaivainamayametanmahatsaubhagamabhyutkr amayatyutkrāma mahate saubhagāyetyutkrāma mahatte saubhagamityetattasmādu haitadaśvaḥ paśūnām bhagitamo 'smādāsthānāditi yatraitattiṣṭhasītyetaddraviṇodā iti draviṇaṃ hyebhyo dadāti vājinniti vājī hyeṣa vayaṃ syāma sumatau pṛthivyā agniṃ khananta upasthe asyā iti vayamasmai pṛthivyai sumatau syāmāgnimasyā upasthe khananta ityetat

He then makes it step off (the lump of clay);--for the gods now said, 'What shall we cause it to obtain?'--'Great beauty!'--They caused it to obtain great beauty; and in like manner does this one now cause it to obtain great beauty,--with (Vâg. S. XI, 21), 'Go thou unto great beauty!'--that is, 'Go to thy great beauty!' and therefore, indeed, the horse is the most highly-favoured of animals;--'from this standing-place,'--that is, 'where thou now standest;'--'wealth-giver!'--for wealth it does give them;--'Courser!'--for this is a courser;--'May we be in the Earth's favour, whilst Agni we dig in her lap!'--that is, 'May we be in the favour of this earth, whilst digging (for) Agni in her lap!'