Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.1.1.5

7.1.1.5

palāśaśākhayā vyudūhati | brahma vai palāśo brahmaṇaiva tadavasitānvyudūhati mantreṇa brahma vai mantro brahmaṇaiva tadavasitānvyudūhati tāmudīcīmudasyati

With a palâsa branch he sweeps; for the Palâsa tree is the Brahman: it is by the Brahman he thus sweeps away those already settled;--with a prayer (he does so), for the prayer is the Brahman: it is by the Brahman he thus sweeps away those already settled. He throws it (the branch) out towards the north.