Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.2.3.3

8.2.3.3

yadveva prāṇabhṛta upadadhāti | āsvevaitatprajāsu prāṇāndadhāti tā anantarhitā vaiśvadevībhya upadadhātyanantarhitāṃstatprajābhyaḥ prāṇāndadhāti prāṇam me pāhyapānam me pāhi vyānam me pāhi cakṣurma urvyā bibhāhi śrotram me ślokayetyetānevāsvetatkLptānprāṇāndadhāti

And, again, as to why he lays down the Prânabhrits;--it is that he thereby bestows vital airs on these creatures. He places them so as not to be separated from the Vaisvadevîs: he thereby bestows vital airs not separated from the creatures. [He lays them down with, Vâg. S. XIV, 8], 'Preserve mine up-breathing! Preserve my down-breathing! Preserve my through-breathing! Make mine eye shine far and wide! Make mine ear resound!' He thereby bestows on them properly constituted vital airs.