Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.7.3.8

6.7.3.8

atha śikyapāśaṃ ca rukbhapāśaṃ conmuñcate | vāruṇo vai pāśo varuṇapāśādeva tatpramucyate vāruṇya 'rcā svenaiva tadātmanā svayā devatayā varuṇapāśātpramucyata uduttamaṃ varuṇa pāśamasmadavādhamaṃ vi madhyamaṃ śrathāyeti yathaiva yajustathā bandhurathā vayamāditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāmetīyaṃ vā aditiranāgasastubhyaṃ cāsyai syāmetyetat

He then unties the sling of the netting, and the sling of the gold plate; for the sling belongs to Varuna: he thus frees himself from Varuna's noose. He does so with a verse to Varuna: he thus frees himself from Varuna's noose by its own self, by its own deity. [Vâg. S. XII, 12; Rik S. I, 24, 15] 'Take off from us, O Varuna, the uppermost cord, down (take) the lowest, away the middle one!'--as the text, so the meaning;--'and so, O Âditya, may we be sinless in thy service for safety (Aditi)!'--Aditi is this earth: thus, 'Sinless may we belong to thee and to her (the earth)!'