Garuḍa’s theft of Amrit is recorded in a concise explanatory note: the King of Birds carries the drink of Paradise away from Indra’s custody. The notice establishes the theft and the parties involved, but does not narrate how it was accomplished or what followed.

The Reported Theft

The account turns on a direct reversal of possession. Amrit is in Indra’s custody; Garuḍa carries it off. The wording identifies Indra as custodian, but gives no further circumstances of the taking and does not describe a confrontation.

Garuḍa and Amrit

The note identifies Garuḍa by the epithet King of Birds and names the object as Amrit, glossed as the drink of Paradise. These brief identifications frame the act as the removal of a distinctively celestial substance by a figure associated with birds; the note supplies no further explanation of either identity.

Form and Limits of the Account

The episode appears in an explanatory note, not as a developed scene. Its compact statement preserves the essential relation—Garuḍa takes Amrit from Indra’s custody—while leaving the motive, method, and consequences unstated. The account therefore records the theft without supplying a fuller narrative of its place in Garuḍa’s story.