Garuda said: “O Purandara, Let there be friendship between us as you desire. Know, my strength is great and is hard to bear.
गरुड उवाच सख्यं मेऽस्तु त्वया देव यथेच्छसि पुरंदर। बलं तु मम जानीहि महच्चासह्यमेव च॥