Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.4.1

7.2.4.1

athodacamasānninayati | etadvai devā abruvaṃścetayadhvamiti citimicateti vāva tadabruvaṃste cetayamānā vṛṣṭimeva citimapaśyaṃstāmasminnadadhustathaivāsminnayametaddadhāti

He then pours out jarfuls of water,--for the gods then said, 'Meditate ye (ketay)!' whereby they doubtless meant to say, 'Seek ye a layer (kitim)!' Whilst meditating they saw the rain to be a (suitable) layer, and put it on that (altar-site); and in like manner does this (Sacrificer) now put it thereon.