Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.3.1.34

7.3.1.34

ṛtāvānamiti | satyāvānamityetanmahiṣamityagnirvai mahiṣo viśvadarśatamiti viśvadarśato hyeṣo 'gniṃ sumnāya dadhire puro janā iti yajño vai sumnaṃ yajñāya vā etam puro dadhate śrutkarṇaṃ saprathastamaṃ tvā girā daivyam mānuṣā yugetyāśṛṇvantaṃ saprathastamaṃ tvā girā devam manuṣyā havāmaha ityetat

'[Thee,] the righteous,' that is, the truthful;'--'the mighty,' the mighty (or buffalo) doubtless is Agni;--'the all-remarkable,' for he (Agni) is indeed remarkable to all;--'(thee), Agni, men have placed foremost for happiness,' happiness doubtless is the sacrifice, and for the sacrifice they indeed place him foremost;--'thee, the hearer, the far-ruling, divine one, with song the human tribes;' that is, 'thee who hearest, thee, the far-ruling god, we men invoke.'