Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.96

1.96

āgnāvāruṇīāmayāvino jyogāmayāvinaḥ pratipadaṃ kuryāt
agninā vā eṣa varuṇena gṛhīto bhavati ya āmayāvī jyogāmayāvī
agninaivainamāgneyānmuñcanti varuṇena vāruṇāt
yasyāṃ varṣīyasyāmṛci hrasīyo hrasīyasyāṃ vā varṣīyastāṃ ānāyakāmaḥ
pratipadaṃ kurvīta
varṣīyasā vā eṣa hrasīyaḥ prepsyatīti hrasīyasā varṣīyaḥ
pra hrasīyasā varṣīya āpnoti ya evaṃ veda
eṣa devo amartyaḥ iti pratipadaṃ kurvīta yaḥ kāmayetāhamevaikadhā śreṣṭhassvānāṃ
syāṃ rucamaśnuvīyeti
eṣa eṣaḥ ityevaināṃ jyeṣṭhyāya śreṣṭhyāyābhivadati
ekadhaiva śreṣṭhassvānāṃ bhavati rucamaśnute
īśvaro ha tvasyāparaḥ prajāyāmetādṛṅvīro nājanitoḥ
eṣa eva nāto'nya itīva hyenaṃ vāgabhivadati
tadu tvetanna tathā
devo amartyaḥ iti vā āha
adevaśca ha vai sa martyaśca yasya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavānnājāyate
atha ha vai sa eva devasso'martyao yasya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavānājāyate
ā hāsya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavāñjāyate saṃdhīyate prajayā na vyavacchidyate

One should make a [verse] addressed to Agni and Varuṇa the introductory verse for one who is sick, who is chronically sick.
He who is sick, who is chronically sick, is seized by Agni [and] by Varuṇa.
By means of Agni they release him from that which pertains to Agni; by means of Varuṇa from that which pertains to Varuṇa.
One who desires to bring [something] to himself should make that verse the introductory verse in which a shorter [meter follows] upon a longer verse, or a longer [meter] upon a shorter [verse].
Thinking, 'He will obtain the shorter by means of the longer,' [or] the longer by means of the shorter,
he obtains the longer by means of the shorter, who knows thus.
He who desires, 'May I alone be the best among my own people; may I attain brilliance,' should make: 'This god is immortal...' the introductory verse.
By saying, 'This, this,' [the verse] addresses him for primacy, for preeminence.
He becomes the best among his own people; he attains brilliance.
Yet his subsequent offspring is liable not to be born as such a hero.
For speech addresses him, as it were: 'This one alone, none other than he.'
Now, on the other hand, this is not so.
For [the verse] says: 'The god is immortal.'
Indeed, he who, being a hero, does not have a heroic, vigorous [son] born [to him] is both non-divine and mortal.
Now he alone indeed is divine, he is immortal, who, being a hero, has a heroic, vigorous [son] born [to him].
To him, being a hero, a heroic, vigorous [son] is born; he is connected with offspring, he is not cut off.