Myths and Legends
Beginning of Garuda's Rivalry with the Nagas
Reading time: 4 to 5 min
To ransom his mother from bondage, Garuda agrees to a perilous quest for the Elixir of Immortality.
Kadru and her serpent sons bound Vinata to servitude. Garuda, seeing his mother humiliated, demanded the price of her freedom.
The Nagas named their condition: bring amrit, the nectar guarded by gods themselves. It was a demand meant to be impossible.
Free her, if you can,
by seizing what even heaven guards.
Garuda accepted without hesitation. From that moment, his conflict with the Nagas and the devas began in earnest.