Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.4.3.2

9.4.3.2

eka eṣa bhavati | ekasthaṃ tatkṣatramekasthāṃ śriyaṃ karoti bahava itare viśi tadbhamānaṃ dadhāti

That (fire-altar) is a single one: he thus makes the chieftaincy to attach to a single (person), and (social) distinction to attach to a single (person). The others are numerous: he thus bestows multiplicity on the clan.