Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.4.2.5

9.4.2.5

samudro 'si nabhasvāniti | asau vai lokaḥ samudro nabhasvānārdradānurityeṣa hyārdraṃ dadāti tadyo 'muṣmiṃloke vāyustamasminnetaddadhāti śambhūrmayobhūrabhi mā vāhi svāheti śivaḥ syono 'bhi mā vāhītyetat

[He offers, with, Vâg. S. XVIII, 45], 'Thou art the cloudy ocean,'--the cloudy ocean, doubtless, is yonder world (of the sky),--'the giver of moisture,'--for that (wind) indeed gives moisture: he thus bestows on this (fire-altar) the wind which is in yonder world;--'blow thou kindly and propitiously upon me, hail!'--that is, 'blow favourably and gently upon me!'