Vishnu

Garuda, flying with the stolen amrita, encounters the god Vishnu in the sky. Pleased that Garuda has not drunk the nectar of immortality, Vishnu offers him a boon. Garuda asks for the impossible — to be above Vishnu and to be immortal without the amrita — and then grants Vishnu a boon in return.

After a golden age of righteousness, the defeated Asuras begin to take birth on earth as kings and beasts, oppressing all beings until the planet itself can no longer bear the weight. The overburdened Earth seeks refuge with Brahma, who commands the gods, gandharvas, and apsaras to incarnate on earth to relieve her.