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Garuḍa
King of birds. The serpents flee at his coming.
Yuddha KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text
Garuḍa is the king of birds and the age-old enemy of serpents. When Indrajit's nāga arrows bind Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and the vānaras fear they are dying, he arrives in a rush of wind and the snakes flee. The war resumes, and Garuḍa does not return to it.
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.