Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.39

2-3.39

sa brūyādannaṃ vai sāma
annamṛk
prāṇā gṛhāḥ
anyadanyadvai prāṇebhyo'nnamāharanti
tasmādanyairanyaiḥ sāmabhi stuvate'nyā anyā anuśaṃsanti samānā eva gṛhā iti
prāṇā eva sāma
tanmūlam
atha yathā vṛkṣasya skandhāṃsi vā śākhā vā palāśāni vaivamanyāni
sāmāni
sa ya etadevaṃ veda sarvāṇyevāsya sāmāni viditāni bhavanti
vāgevakr
tanmūlam
atha yathā vṛkṣasya skandhāṃsi vā śākhā vā palāśāni vaivamanyā ṛcaḥ
sa ya etadevaṃ veda sarvā evāsyarco viditā bhavanti
mana eva yajuḥ
tanmūlam
atha yathā vṛkṣasya skandhāṃsi vā śākhā vā palāśāni vaivamanyāni yajūṃṣi
sa ya etadevaṃ veda sarvāṇyevāsya yajūṃṣi viditāni bhavanti

He should say: 'Sāman is food. Verse is food. The breaths are the dwellings. Indeed, they bring different food for the breaths; therefore they chant with ever different sāmans and recite with ever different [verses], while the dwellings are the same.' Breath itself is the sāman; that is the root. Now, just as there are trunks, branches, or leaves of a tree, so are the other sāmans. He who knows this thus, to him all sāmans are known. Speech itself is the verse; that is the root. Now, just as there are trunks, branches, or leaves of a tree, so are the other verses. He who knows this thus, to him all verses are known. Mind itself is the sacrificial formula; that is the root. Now, just as there are trunks, branches, or leaves of a tree, so are the other sacrificial formulas. He who knows this thus, to him all sacrificial formulas are known.