Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 38.226.p1

38.226.p1

tāsvaiṣiraṃ vāyorārṣeyam
vāyurvā iṣiraḥ
yadvai satriṇāṃ satre vinaśyate tadebhyo vāyurapirohayati
prāṇo vai vāyuḥ
prāṇa evaibhyastadbhiṣajyati
bheṣajamevaitena prāyaścittiṃ kurvata
prāṇā śiśurmahīnām

On them [is chanted] the Aiṣira, composed by the ṛṣi Vāyu. Vāyu indeed is vigorous (iṣira). Whatever of the performers of a sacrificial session is lost during the session, that Vāyu heals for them. Vāyu is breath; through breath alone he cures that for them. By means of this, they perform an expiation, a healing. 'Breath, child of the great ones'—with this, they attain the very form of cattle; for a young one (śiśu) belongs to cattle.