Sauti said: Having heard what his mother said, Garuda stretched his wings and rose to the skies and then being endued with great strength like another Yama, he soon came upon the Nishadas.
सौतिरुवाच ततः स मातुर्वचनं निशम्य वितत्य पक्षौ नभ उत्पपात। ततो निषादान्बलवानुपागतो बुभुक्षित: काल इवान्तकोऽपरः॥