Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.3.14

6.3.3.14

athainamutkrāntamabhimantrayate | etadvā enaṃ devāḥ procivāṃsaṃ yathā dadivāṃsaṃ vandetaivamupāstuvannupāmahayaṃstathaivainamayametadupastautyupamahayatyud akramīdityuddhyakramīddraviṇodā iti draviṇaṃ hyebhyo dadāti vājyarveti vājī ca hyeṣo 'rvā cākaḥ sulokaṃ sukṛtam pṛthivyāmityakaraḥ sulokaṃ sukṛtam pṛthivyāmityetattataḥ khanema supratīkamagnimiti tata enaṃ khanemetyetatsupratīkamiti sarvato vā agniḥ supratīkaḥ svo ruhāṇā adhi nākamuttamamiti svargo vai loko nākaḥ svargaṃ lokaṃ rohanto 'dhi nākamuttamamityetattaṃ dakṣiṇopasaṃkramayati yatretarau paśū bhavataste dakṣiṇataḥ prāñcastiṣṭhanti sa ya evāmutra dakṣiṇata sthānasya bandhuḥ so 'tra

When it has stepped off he addresses it;--for as one would extol him who has given a gift, so the gods now praised and magnified it (for) having indicated (Agni); and in like manner does this one now praise and magnify it, with (Vâg. S. XI, 22), 'He hath come down,'--for it has indeed come down,--'the wealth-giver,'--for wealth, indeed, is given them; 'the racing courser,'--for it is indeed a racer and a courser;--'hath made good, well-made room on earth,'--that is, 'thou madest good, well-made room on earth;'--'thence let us dig out the fair-looking Agni,'--'fair-looking,' he says, for Agni is indeed fair-looking on every side;--'ascending the heaven, unto the highest sky,'--the sky is the heavenly world: thus, 'mounting the heavenly world, unto the highest sky.' He makes it come up on the right side (of the lump) to where the two other beasts are: they stand on the right side, facing the east. The significance of the right-hand (southern) position here is the same as it was on that former occasion.