Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.2.3.8

8.2.3.8

candasyā upadadhāti | paśavo vai candāṃsi paśūnevāsminnetaddadhāti sarvata upadadhāti sarvatastatpaśūndadhāti tasmātsarvataḥ paśavo 'pasyā anūpadadhātyapsu tatpaśūnpratiṣṭhāpayati tasmādyadā varṣatyatha paśavaḥ pratitiṣṭhanti

He lays down the Khandasyâs; for the metres (khandas) are cattle: it is cattle he thus puts into it (or, bestows on him, Agni). On every side (he places them): he thereby places cattle (or beasts) everywhere, whence there are cattle everywhere. He places them alongside of the Apasyâs: he thus establishes the cattle on (or, near) water, whence cattle thrive when it rains.