It so happened that once on a time several cheerful swans, quick-coursing, capable of going every where at will, equal to Garuda in fight and speed, came to that side of the ocean.
अथ हंसाः समुद्रान्ते कदाचिदतिपातिनः॥ गरुडस्य गतौ तुल्याश्चक्राङ्गा हृष्टचेतसः।