Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.1.11

7.2.1.11

yasyāste ghora āsanjuhomīti | ghorā vai nirṛtistasyā etadāsanjuhoti yattaddevatyaṃ karma karotyeṣām bandhānāmavasarjanāyeti yairbandhairbaddho bhavati yāṃ tvā jano bhūmiriti pramandata itīyaṃ vai bhūmirasyāṃ vai sa bhavati yo bhavati nirṛtiṃ tvāham pariveda viśvata iti nirṛtiriti tvāham pariveda sarvata ityetadiyaṃ vai nirṛtiriyaṃ vai te nirarpayati yo nirṛcati tadyathā vai brūyādasāvāmuṣyāyaṇo 'si veda tvā mā mā hiṃsīrityevametadāha natarāṃ hi vidita āmantrito hinasti

'Thee, O awful (goddess), into whose mouth I offer--' Nirriti is indeed awful, and into her mouth he now offers when he performs this divine rite;--'for the unloosing of these bonds;' that is, of those bonds with which he has been bound;--'Thee whom people rejoice in calling Earth,'--the Earth is this (world), and he who exists, exists thereon,--'but I know thee to be Nirriti everywhere!' that is, in every respect I know that thou art Nirriti. Now Nirriti is this earth, and this earth makes him decay who becomes corrupted: in speaking thus, it is as if he were to say, 'Thou art So and So, the son of So and So, I know thee, do not injure me!' for in no wise does he who is known injure one when spoken to.