Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.64

14.64

dadhyaṅha vā ātharvaṇastejasvī brahmavarcasyāsa
taṃ ha sma yāvanto'surāḥ parāpaśyanti te ha sma tadeva viśīrṣāṇaśśerate
sa u ha svargaṃ lokamuccakrāma
sa hendro'surairabhibāḍha uvāca kva nu sa dadhyaṅṅbhavāditi
tasmai hocu svargaṃ vai bhagavassa lokamudakrāmaditi
sa hovāca naivāsyeha kiṃ citpariśiṣṭamastīti
tasmai hocurāsīdevedamaśvaśīrṣaṃ yanāśvibhyāṃ devavedaṃ prābravīttattu na vidma
yatrābhavaditi
tadvā anvicchateti
taddhānvīṣuḥ
icchannaśvasya yacchiraḥ parateṣvapaśritam
tadvidaccharyaṇāvati
iti
śaryaṇāvaddha nāmaitatkurukṣetrasya jaghanārdhe saraskam
tadetadanuvidyājahuḥ
tadasmai prāyacchan
taddha smāsurāṇāṃ prakāśe dhārayati
taṃ ha sma yāvanto'surāḥ parāpaśyanti te ha sma tadeva viśīrṣāṇaśśerate

Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa, truly, was full of splendor and spiritual luster.
As many Asuras as looked upon him, they lay there with their heads shattered.
And he ascended to the heavenly world.
Then Indra, hard pressed by the Asuras, said: “Where indeed may that Dadhyañc be?”
They said to him: “Revered sir, he has ascended to the heavenly world.”
He said: “Is nothing of him left behind here?”
They said to him: “There was indeed this horse’s head with which he taught the Veda of the gods to the two Aśvins; but we do not know / where it has gone.”
[Indra said:] “Search for it!”
They searched for it.
“Seeking the horse’s head that was hidden in the mountains, / he found it at Śaryaṇāvat” —
so [the verse says].
Śaryaṇāvat, indeed, is the name of a small lake in the western part of Kurukṣetra.
Having found it there, they brought it.
They handed it to him.
He held it in the view of the Asuras.
As many Asuras as looked upon it, they lay there with their heads shattered.

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sa ha tairevāsthibhirnava navatīrjaghānāsurāṇām

With those very bones, he slew ninety-nine of the Asuras.

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tadetadbhrātṛvyahā vijitiḥ

That is the slaying of rivals, conquest.

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indro dadhīco asthabhirvṛtrāṇyapratiṣkutaḥ

“Indra, unopposed, with the bones of Dadhīc, / the obstacles…”

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jaghāna navatīrnava

“slew ninety-nine” —

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iti

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vijayate hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda

He conquers, he slays the hateful rival, who knows this.