Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.3.6

6.3.3.6

anvagniruṣasāmagramakhyaditi | tadenamuṣaḥsvaicannanvahāni prathamo jātavedā iti tadenamahaḥsvaicannanu sūryasya rurutrā ca raśmīniti tadenaṃ sūryasya raśmiṣvaicannanu dyāvāpṛthivī ātatantheti tadenaṃ dyāvāpṛthivyoraicaṃstamavindaṃstathaivainamayametadvindati taṃ yadā parāpaśyatyatha tāmavāsyatyāgacanti mṛdam

[Vâg. S. XI, 17] 'Agni hath looked along the crest of the Dawns,'--thereby they sought him in the dawns;--'along the days, he, the first knower of beings,'--thereby they sought him in the days;--'and oftentimes along the rays of the sun,'--thereby they sought him in the rays of the sun;--'along the sky and the earth hast thou spread;'--therewith they sought him in the sky and the earth, and found him; and in like manner does this one thereby find him (Agni). When he sees him from afar, he throws down that (ant-hill); and they go up to the lump of clay.