Garuda releases a Brahmana and his Nishada wife from his throat
As Garuda prepares to eat, a burning pain sears his throat: a Brahmana and his Nishada wife, swallowed earlier, are inside him. Garuda declares he will never kill a Brahmana and urges them to escape before his digestive fire consumes them.
A pain began to burn in Garuda's throat, sharp and searing like a piece of coal. A Brahmana and his wife had entered his throat when he had consumed the Nishadas, and now their presence burned him from within.
The giant bird spoke. "O best among the twice-born! Come out of my open mouth quickly. A Brahmana will never be killed by me, even if he is always associated with those who commit sin."
When Garuda said this, the Brahmana replied from inside, "My wife is a nishada. Let her come out with me."
Garuda did not hesitate. "Take the nishada with you and come out immediately. Save yourself, before you are digested by the energy in my stomach."
Thereupon, the Brahmana emerged with the Nishada woman. Once free, they praised Garuda and went on their way to the country they wished to go. With the burning in his throat extinguished, the king of birds, swift as the mind, stretched his wings and rose up into the sky, clear and unburdened, ready at last to eat and gain his strength.