Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.4.3.12

9.4.3.12

tattvai devasvāmeva | etāni havīṃṣi nirvapedetā ha devatāḥ sutā etena savena yenaitatsoṣyamāṇo bhavati tā evaitatprīṇāti tā asmā iṣṭāḥ prītā etaṃ savamanumanyante tābhiranumataḥ sūyate yasmai vai rājāno rājyamanumanyante sa rājā bhavati na sa yasmai na tadyadetā devatāḥ sutā etena savena yadvainametā devatā etasmai savāya suvate tasmādetā devasvaḥ

But, indeed, he may also take out these oblations for the Divine Quickeners; for these are the deities which become consecrated by this consecration ceremony by which he is now to be consecrated: it is them he thus gratifies, and gratified by offering they permit him (to perform) this consecration ceremony, and with their permission he is consecrated; for only he becomes king whom the (other) kings allow (to assume) the royal dignity, but not he whom they do not (allow to assume it). And inasmuch as these deities are consecrated (quickened) by this consecration ceremony and quicken him for this consecration, they are (called) the Divine Quickeners.