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Shatapatha Brahmana 7.5.1.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.5.1.17

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7.5.1.17

prāṇe gṛhīte 'smādannamudacikramiṣattatprāṇenāgṛhṇāttasmātprāṇenānnaṃ gṛhītaṃ yo hyeva prāṇiti so 'nnamatti

The breath being kept back, the food wanted to go out of him. He kept it back by means of the breath: hence food is kept back by the breath, for he who breathes, eats food.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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