Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.6.3.8

6.6.3.8

aharaharaprayāvam bharanta iti | aharaharamattā āharanta ityetadaśvāyeva tiṣṭhate ghāsamasmā iti yathāśvāya tiṣṭhate ghāsamityetadrāyaspoṣeṇa samiṣā madanta iti rayyā ca poṣeṇa ca samiṣā madanta ityetadagne mā te prativeśā riṣāmeti yathaivāsya prativeśo na riṣyedevametadāha

[He puts them on, with Vâg. S. XI, 75-82] 'Day by day bearing unremittingly,'--that is, 'Day by day bringing not unmindful;'--'food to him like unto a standing horse,'--that is, 'food as to a standing (resting) horse;'--'we, rejoicing in wealth-thrift and sap,'--that is, 'rejoicing in wealth, and thrift, and sap;'--'O Agni, let not us, thy associates, suffer injury!' this he says with a view that his (Agni's) associate (the Sacrificer) may not suffer injury.