Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.4.3.3

9.4.3.3

pañcacitika eṣa bhavati | ekacitikā itare kṣatraṃ tadvīryeṇātyādadhāti kṣatraṃ viśo vīryavattaraṃ karotyūrdhvametaṃ cinoti kṣatraṃ tadūrdhvaṃ citi bhiścinoti tiraśca itarānkṣatrāya tadviśamadhastādupaniṣādinīṃ karoti

That (fire-altar) consists of five layers, the others of a single layer: he thus endows the chieftain (or, ruler) pre-eminently with power, and makes the chieftain more powerful than the clan (or people). Upwards he builds that one: he thus builds the ruling power upward by (social) layers; sideways the others: he thus makes the clan obedient to the chieftain from below.