Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.5.2.12

7.5.2.12

ṛce tvetīha | prāṇo vā ṛkprāṇena hyarcati ruce tvetīha prāṇo vai rukprāṇena hi rocate 'tho prāṇāya hīdaṃ sarvaṃ rocate bhāse tvetīha jyotiṣe tvetīha bhāsvatī hīme jyotiṣmatī cakṣuṣī abhūdidaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya vājinamagnervaiśvānarasya cetīhāgnirjyotiṣā jyotiṣmānrukbho varcasā varcasvānitīha viśvāvatībhyāṃ viśvaṃ hi śrotram

With (Vâg. S. XIII, 39), 'For praise thee!' (he thrusts one in) here (into the right nostril); praise (or splendour) means breath, for with breath one praises;--with, 'For sheen thee!' here (into the left nostril); sheen means breath, for by breath one shines; and also because everything here shines for breath;--with, 'For brightness thee!' here (into the right eye);--with, 'For lustre thee!' here (into the left eye), for bright and lustrous these two eyes indeed are;--with, 'This hath become the fiery spirit of all the world, and of Agni Vaisvânara,' here (into the right ear);--with (Vâg. S. XIII, 40), 'Agni, bright with brightness, the golden disk, lustrous with lustre,' here (into the left ear),--thus with two (formulas) containing 'all '; for the ear is all.