Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.2.1.8

9.2.1.8

nṛṣade veḍiti | prāṇo vai nṛṣanmanuṣyā narastadyo 'yam manuṣyeṣu prāṇo 'gnistametatprīṇātyapsuṣade veḍiti yo 'psvagnistametatprīṇāti bahirṣade veḍiti ya oṣadhiṣvagnistametatprīṇāti vanasade veḍiti yo vanaspatiṣvagnistametatprīṇāti svarvide veḍityayamagniḥ svarvidimamevaitadagnim prīṇāti

[He offers, with, Vâg. S. XVII, 12, a-c resp.], 'To the man-seated, vet!'--the man-seated one, doubtless, is the breath, and men mean human beings: he thereby gratifies that fire (or Agni), the breath, which is in human beings;--'To the water-seated, vet!--he thereby gratifies the fire which is in the waters;--'To the barhis-seated, vet!' he thereby gratifies the fire which is in plants;--'To the wood-seated, vet!'--he thereby gratifies the fire which is in trees;--'To the heaven-winning, vet!'--the heaven-winning one is this Agni (kitya): it is this Agni he thereby gratifies.