Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.5.1.4

7.5.1.4

madhu vātā ṛtāyata iti | yāṃ vai devatāmṛgabhyanūktā yāṃ yajuḥ saiva devatā sa 'kṣo devatā tadyajustaddhaitanmadhvevaiṣa trico raso vai madhu rasamevāsminnetaddadhāti gāyatrībhistisṛbhistasyokto bandhuḥ

[He anoints it, with Vâg. S. XIII, 27-29; Rik S. I, 90, 6-8] 'Honey the winds pour forth for the righteous, honey the rivers; full of honey may the plants be for us!--Honey by night and morn, rich in honey may the region of the earth be for us, honey the father Heaven!--rich in honey may the tree be for us, rich in honey the sun, full of honey the kine!' To whatever deity a Rik-verse, and to whatever (deity) a Yagus formula applies, that very deity the verse is, and that very deity the sacrificial formula is. This triplet then is honey (madhu); and honey being life-sap, it is life-sap he thus puts into him (Agni). With three Gâyatrî verses (he performs): the significance of this has been explained.