Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.3.1.10

7.3.1.10

tā nānā mantrābhyāṃ nivapati | manuṣyaloko vai gārhapatyo devaloka āhavanīyo nāno vā etadyaddaivaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ ca drāghīyasā mantreṇāhavanīye nivapati hrasīyasā gārhapatye drāghīyo hi devāyuṣaṃ hrasīyo manuṣyāyuṣaṃ sa pūrvāḥ pariśridbhyo gārhapatye sikatā nivapati reto vai sikatā asmādretaso 'dīmā vikriyāntā iti

He scatters it with two different formulas; for the Gârhapatya is the world of men, and the Âhavanîya is the world of the gods, and different indeed are the divine and the human. With the longer formula he scatters it on the Âhavanîya, and with the shorter one on the Gârhapatya, for longer is the life of the gods, and shorter the life of men. On the Gârhapatya he scatters the sand before (the setting up of) the enclosing-stones; for sand is seed: 'May these be fashioned from out of that seed!' thus he thinks.