Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.235

41.235

atha hemā hiraṇyaśṛṅgīrdvyūdhnīryata evodeyustatpunarabhyavadudruvuranṛtaṃ gṛhapatirakṛt
na vai vayaṃ tasya smo yo'nṛtaṃ karotīti
tā haitā apyadya krūrarṣabhā vibhinduke śārīrbhūtā vedayante
kāṇvāyanau brahmaṇyaspardhetāṃ medhātithiśca triśokaśca
tāvabrūtāmehyagniṃ samiddhamatyayāveti
tāvagniṃ samiddhamatyaitām
uparyuparyeva triśoko'tyaid | athaitarasya pakṣmāṇyudauṣat
tamabravīdajaiṣaṃ tveti
netyabravīd | asurīptra eva tvamasi devatā eva tvayā saṃspṛṣṭaṃ
nācīkamanteti
tau vā -- ehyapo'tyayāveti
tau ha rathasyāṃ viṣyaṇṇāmatyaitām
upatyupatyeva triśoko'tyaid | athetarasya pavī atrāyetām
tadevārdrapavi rathaspāyai
tamabravīdajaiṣaṃ tveti
netyabravīd | asurīputra eva tvamasi
devatā eva tvayā saṃspṛṣṭaṃ nācīkamantati
tau vā -- ehi paśūnutsṛjāvahā iti

Then these [cows] with golden horns and double udders fled right back whence they had come forth, saying: "The householder has spoken an untruth; we do not belong to him who speaks an untruth!" Even today these, having become dappled cows of fierce bulls, make themselves known in Vibhinduka. Two descendants of Kaṇva, Medhātithi and Triśoka, contended over the sacred power (brahman). The two said: "Come, let us cross through a kindled fire!" They crossed through the kindled fire. Triśoka crossed high above it, but the flames scorched the eyelashes of the other. He said to him: "I have conquered you!" "No," he said, "you are the son of an Asura woman; the deities did not desire contact with you." The two said: "Come, let us cross through water!" They crossed through a running river-chariot stream. Triśoka crossed high above it, but the two wheel-rims of the other were washed. That is the origin of the moist wheel-rim of the river-stream. He said to him: "I have conquered you!" "No," he said, "you are the son of an Asura woman; the deities did not desire contact with you." The two said: "Come, let us let loose cattle!"