Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.2.3.8

9.2.3.8

athābhiprayanti | pañca diśo daivoryajñamavantu devīriti devāścāsurāścobhaye prājāpatyā dikṣvaspardhanta te devā asurāṇāṃ diśo vṛñjata tathaivaitadyajamāno dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya diśo vṛṅkte daivīriti tadenā daivīḥ kurute yajñamavantu devāriti yajñamimavantu devīrityetadapāmatiṃ durmatim bādhamānā ityaśanāyā vā amatiraśanāyāmapabādhamānā ityetadrāyaspoṣe yajñapatimābhajantīriti rayyāṃ ca pos\e ca yajñapatimābhajantīrityetadrāyaspoṣe adhi yajño asthāditi rayyāṃ ca poṣe cādhi yajño 'sthādityetat

They then go forward, with (Vâg. S. XVII, 54-58), 'May the divine regions, the goddesses, protect the sacrifice!'--The gods and the Asuras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, were contending for the regions, and the gods wrested the regions from the Asuras; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now wrest the regions from his hateful rival. 'Divine' he says, and thereby makes them divine for himself;--'may the goddesses protect the sacrifice,' that is, 'may the goddesses protect this sacrifice!'--'keeping off want and ill-will,'--want is hunger: thus, 'keeping off hunger;'--'granting to the lord of the sacrifice a share in wealth-affluence,' that is, 'granting to the lord of the sacrifice a share in wealth and in affluence;' 'may the sacrifice be founded on wealth-affluence!'--that is, 'may the sacrifice be founded on wealth and affluence!'