Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.39

2-3.39

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.