Thus surrounded by the Nagas, that foremost of the Rakshasas, reflecting for a while, assumed the form of Garuda and devoured all those serpents.
छाद्यमानस्तु नागैः स ध्यात्वा राक्षसपुङ्गवः। सौपर्ण रूपमास्थाय भक्षयामास पन्नगान्॥