Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.2.3.35

9.2.3.35

ājuhvānaḥ supratīkaḥ purastāditi | ājuhvāno naḥ supratīkaḥ purastādityetadagne tvaṃ yonimāsīda sādhuyetyeṣa vā asya svo yonistaṃ sādhvāsīdetyetadasmintsadhasthe adhyuttarasminniti dyaurvā uttaraṃ sadhasthaṃ viśve devā yajamānaśca sīdateti tadviśvairdevaiḥ saha yajamānaṃ sādayati dvābhyāṃ nidadhāti tasyokto bandhurvaṣaṭkāreṇa tasyopari bandhuḥ

'Receiving offering, kind-faced, in front,'--that is, 'receiving offering, kind-faced for us, in front;'--'seat thee, O Agni, aright in thine own seat!'--for this (fire-altar) is his (Agni's) own seat: thus, 'do thou rightly seat thee in it!'--'in this higher abode,'--the higher abode, doubtless, is the sky;--'sit ye down, the All-gods and the Sacrificer!'--he thus establishes the Sacrificer together with the All-gods. With two (verses) he deposits it: the significance of this has been explained,--with the Vashat-call: the significance of this (will be explained) farther on.