Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.156
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2-4.156
Then, what he spat out first became the karkandhu jujube; what [he spat out] second became the badara jujube; what [he spat out] third became the kuvala jujube. Therefore these are both food and sap. Having coughed up, he spat out a fourth time. That became the mango fruit. While he was in such a state, the gods sat around him: ‘This one was our unique hero. He has sunk down in this manner. Where shall we be?’ He said, ‘We do not know where we shall be.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I wish to sneeze.’ Now, before that time, people died as soon as they sneezed. They said to him, ‘Sneeze! We will say “Live!” to you.’ He sneezed. They said to him, ‘Live!’ He lived. Therefore even now, when someone sneezes, people say ‘Live!’ Therefore, to whomever one cares for, when he sneezes, one should say ‘Live!’ What came out of his nostrils—
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—those two became lions.
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What [came out] from his eyes, those two became tigers; what from his ears, those two became wolves, destructive beasts; what from his armpits,
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those two became barb-tailed birds.
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Therefore these possess greater vital power among birds.
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For Indra was their origin.
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Now, what flowed downward, that became this small vermin.
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He lay discharged of fluid.
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He was completely overgrown with grasses.
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They said to him, ‘Where are you? Where shall we heal you?’
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Therefore even nowadays they ask a sick man, ‘Where does it hurt you? Where shall we heal you?’
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Pointing around at the grasses, he said, ‘Just around here am I; just around here
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heal me.’
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They said to Agni, ‘Burn this!’
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