[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) › 14.64 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.64 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 14.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.64.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p1) sa ha tairevāsthibhirnava navatīrjaghānāsurāṇām > With those very bones, he slew ninety-nine of the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.64.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p2) tadetadbhrātṛvyahā vijitiḥ > That is the slaying of rivals, conquest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.64.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p3) indro dadhīco asthabhirvṛtrāṇyapratiṣkutaḥ > “Indra, unopposed, with the bones of Dadhīc, / the obstacles…” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.64.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p4) jaghāna navatīrnava > “slew ninety-nine” — > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.64.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p5) iti ### [14.64.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64.p6) vijayate hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda > He conquers, he slays the hateful rival, who knows this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.14.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.11.2-4.2) — Sanskrit - [Śāṭyāyanabrāhmaṇa (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satyayana*fragments.1.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.64) · Pramāṇa