(Even then) he slew the Asura Hayaraja (prince of steeds) who was equal to the Uchchaishravas in might and the wind itself in fleetness and who infested the woods on the shores of the Yamuna.
उच्चैः श्रवस्तुल्यबलं वायुवेगसमं जवे। जघान हयराजं तं यमुनावनवासिनम्॥