Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.5.4.8

6.5.4.8

janayastvācinnapatrā devīḥ | viśvadevyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sadhasthe aṅgirasvatpacantūkha iti janayo haitāmagre 'cinnapatrā devīrviśvadevyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sadhasthe aṅgirasvatpecustābhirevaināmetatpacati tāni ha tāni nakṣatrāṇyeva nakṣatrāṇi vai janayo ye hi janāḥ puṇyakṛtaḥ svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti teṣāmetāni jyotīṃṣi nakṣatrairevaināmetatpacati

'May the divine women, with unclipped wings, dear to all the gods, bake thee, Aṅgiras-like, O fire-pan, in the lap of the earth!' for of old the divine women, with unclipped wings, dear to all the gods, did bake it, like Aṅgiras, in the lap of the earth; and with their help he now bakes it. But, surely, these are the stars,--the women (gani) are indeed the stars, for these are the lights of those righteous men (gana) who go to the celestial world: it is by means of the stars that he thus bakes it.