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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 38.226.p1

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 38.226.p1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [38.226.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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