Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.6.2.6

6.6.2.6

dṛṃhasva devī pṛthivī svastaya iti | yathaiva yajustathā bandhurāsurī māyā svadhayā kṛtāsīti prāṇo vā asustasyaiṣā māyā svadhayā katā juṣṭaṃ devebhya idamastu havyāmeti yā evaitasminnagnāvāhutīrhoṣyanbhavati tā etadāhātho evaiva havyamariṣṭā tvamudihi yajñe asminniti yathaivāriṣṭānārtaitasminyajña udiyādevametadāha

[Vâg. S. XI, 69] 'Stand firm, divine Earth, for our well-being!' as the text, so its meaning;--'A divine (âsura) contrivance thou art made in the wonted manner;'--the vital spirit (asu) is the breath, and this (are-pan) has indeed been made its contrivance in the wonted manner;--'May this offering be agreeable to the gods!' he thereby means those libations which he intends to offer in that fire; and moreover, that (fire-pan) itself is an offering;--'unharmed rise thou in this sacrifice!' this he says with the view that it may rise unharmed, uninjured, in this sacrifice.