# Garuda *Divine Carriers* **See also:** [[artwork/personalities/visnu|Vishnu]] **40 images** --- <h3>Krsna Beheads Bhaumasura</h3> ![[0223_KB2-62.jpg]] *Before Bhaumāsura could throw his trident, Lord Kṛṣṇa severed the demon's head with His razor-sharp Sudarśana cakra.* <h3>Lord Visnu Appears at Daksa's Sacrifice</h3> ![[0036_SB-4-1-(FC).jpg]] *As soon as Dakṣa had offered clarified butter and chanted mantras from the Yajur Veda, Lord Viṣṇu appeared in the sacrificial arena, riding upon the back of Garuḍa.* <h3>King Nabhi's Sacrifice Fulfilled</h3> ![[0037_SB-5-1-3.jpg]] <h3>Dhruva Offers Dandavats to the Lord</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-2-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: Dhruva was greatly agitated by transcendental ecstasy when he saw his Lord. Falling flat before Him like a rod, Dhruva became absorbed in love of Godhead.* <h3>The Pracetas See Visnu Under the Sea</h3> ![[0038_SB-4-4-6.jpg]] <h3>Atri Muni Given Darsana of Three Deities</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-1-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: The three deities approached the hermitage of Atri Muni, accompanied by the denizens of the heavenly planets.* <h3>The Mantric Shield of Lord Narayana</h3> ![[0042_SB-6-2-2.jpg]] <h3>The Lord Appears Before Prajapati Daksa</h3> ![[0043_SB-6-1-7.jpg]] *Lord Hari was very pleased by the prayers Dakṣa had offered, and thus He appeared before Dakṣa riding His carrier Garuḍa and accompanied by Nārada Muni, Nanda, and all the principal demigods.* <h3>Gajendra Appeals to Lord Visnu</h3> ![[0046_SB-8-1-1.jpg]] *The elephant Gajendra prayerfully lifted a lotus aloft as an offering to Lord Viṣṇu, who came to deliver him from the crocodile, and also from material life.* <h3>Kalanemi Attacks Lord Visnu</h3> ![[0058_SB-8-2-3.jpg]] *The demon Kālanemi, seeing the Supreme Lord on the battlefield, took up his trident and prepared to throw it at Garuḍa’s head.* <h3>Garuda Helps the Sparrow Recover Her Eggs</h3> ![[0067_BG--22.jpg]] *6.24, purport: One should practice yoga with the determination and faith of the sparrow who laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean only to have the powerful ocean carry her eggs away. When the ocean ignored her request to return her eggs, the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean by She scooping out the water in her small beak. Although everyone laughed at her impossible determination, news of her attempt spread, and at last Garuḍa, eagle carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, heard and became compassionate toward his small sister. Garuḍa was pleased by her determination and promised to help. Thus Garuḍa asked the ocean to return the sparrows eggs lest he himself take up the sparrow’s work of emptying the ocean. The ocean was frightened by Garuḍa’s power and returned the eggs.* <h3>Lord Visnu Comes to Karma</h3> ![[0071_SB-3-3-3.jpg]] *The Lord appeared before Kardama Muni with His lotus feet placed on the shoulders of Garuḍa.* <h3>Gajendra Regains His Spiritual Form</h3> ![[0074_SB-8-1-2.jpg]] *When the Lord severed its head from its body, the crocodile assumed a beautiful form as a Gandharva. Even greater was Gajendra's blessing: liberation from birth and death, and a form like the Lord's.* <h3>Kṛṣṇa, the Swift Deliverer</h3> ![[0077_BG-33.jpg]] *12.6–7: Kṛṣṇa flies toward His devotee on the back of His carrier, Garuḍa, in order to lift His devotee out of the material ocean of birth and death. “Those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Pṛthā – for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.”* <h3>Garuda Attacks Kaliya</h3> ![[0098_KB1-27-pg.128.jpg]] *Garuḍa struck the body of Kāliya with his effulgent golden wings.* <h3>Krsna an Garuda Fight the Mura Demon</h3> ![[0101_KB2-4--p26.jpg]] *Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that the trident of the Mura demon was gradually rushing toward his carrier, Garuḍa.* <h3>Atri Muni Sees Visnu, Siva, and Brahma</h3> ![[0168_UP--11.jpg]] <h3>Lord Visnu Gives Darsana to Kardama Muni</h3> ![[0179_UP--121.jpg]] <h3>Dadhici Teaches the Asvini-kumaras Through the Head of a Horse</h3> ![[0227_SB4-78.jpg]] <h3>0227/SB4 79</h3> ![[0227_SB4-79.jpg]] <h3>Deliverance of Bhaumasura</h3> ![[0229_UP-299-.jpg]] <h3>A Vaisnavi Climbs the Garuda Stambha</h3> ![[Antya-4-5.jpg]] *Suddenly an Orissan woman, unable to see Lord Jagannātha because of the crowd, climbed the column of Garuḍa, placing her foot on Lord Caitanya’s shoulder.* <h3>Art 0035/0035/SB 3-3-3</h3> ![[0035_SB-3-3-3.jpg]] <h3>Art 0071/0071/BG-78</h3> ![[0071_BG-78.jpg]] <h3>Art 0170/0170/UP 54</h3> ![[0170_UP--54.jpg]] <h3>Art 0173/0173/UP 75</h3> ![[0173_UP--75.jpg]] <h3>Art 0176/0176/UP 97</h3> ![[0176_UP--97.jpg]] <h3>Art 0178/0178/UP 137</h3> ![[0178_UP--137.jpg]] <h3>Art 0181/0181/UP 143</h3> ![[0181_UP--143.jpg]] <h3>Art 0184/0184/UP 158</h3> ![[0184_UP--158.jpg]] <h3>Art 0194/0194/UP 212</h3> ![[0194_UP--212.jpg]] <h3>Garuda Threatens to Dry Up the Ocean</h3> ![[Art-0209_BG-50.jpg]] <h3>Art 0213/Art 0213/CC1 15</h3> ![[Art-0213_CC1-15.jpg]] <h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 48</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-48.jpg]] <h3>Art 0220/Art 0220/SB4 23</h3> ![[Art-0220_SB4-23.jpg]] <h3>Art 0221/Art 0221/SB4 2</h3> ![[Art-0221_SB4-2.jpg]] <h3>Art 0221/SB8 8</h3> ![[Art-0221_SB8-8.jpg]] <h3>Art 0233/0233/SB5 90</h3> ![[0233_SB5-90.jpg]] <h3>Bali Arrested</h3> ![[SB-8_3_5.jpg]] *After Lord Vāmana's associates had defeated all the demons, Garuḍa arrested Bala Mahārāja with the snake-ropes of Varuṇa and brought him before the Lord.* <h3>Visnu Rides Garuda</h3> ![[visnu-garuda.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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