They said "As this great bird rises on its wings with a heavy burden, let the best of the birds, the eater of snakes, be called Garuda.”
गुरुं भारं समासाद्यड्डीन एष विहंगमः। गरुडस्तु खगश्रेष्ठस्तस्मात्पन्नगभोजनः॥