法苑珠林 72.18

72.18

又觀佛三昧經云。佛言。閻浮提中及四天下。有金翅鳥名伽樓羅王。於諸鳥中快得自在。此鳥業報應食諸龍。於閻浮提日食一龍王。及五百小龍。第二日於弗提婆。第三日於瞿耶尼。第四日於欝單越各食如前。周而復始。經八千歲。此鳥爾時死相已現。諸龍吐毒無由得食。彼鳥飢逼周章求食。了不能得。游巡諸山永不得安。至金剛山然後暫住。從金剛山直下至大水際。從大水際至風輪際。為風所吹還至金剛山。如是七返然後命終。其命終已以其毒故。令十寶山同時火起。爾時難陀龍王懼燒此山。即大降雨。渧如車軸。鳥肉散盡唯有心在。其心直下如前七返。然後還住金剛山頂。難陀龍王取此鳥心。以為明珠。轉輪王得為如意珠。

Furthermore, the Guan Fo sanmei jing says: The Buddha said: In Jambudvīpa and throughout the four continents, there is a garuḍa bird named King Garuḍa, who enjoys supreme mastery among all birds. By his karmic retribution, this bird is destined to eat dragons. In Jambudvīpa, he eats one dragon king and five hundred small dragons each day. On the second day, in Pūrvavideha; on the third day, in Aparagodānīya; on the fourth day, in Uttarakuru, he eats each as before, cycling through and beginning again, for eight thousand years. At that time, this bird's death signs appear; the dragons spew forth poison, and he has no means to obtain food. Hard-pressed by hunger, that bird wanders around frantically seeking food, but can find none at all. He roams among the various mountains and can never find peace. Reaching Mount Vajra, he then pauses briefly. From Mount Vajra he plunges straight down to the boundary of the great waters, and from the boundary of the great waters to the boundary of the wind-disc, and blown by the wind, returns to Mount Vajra. Having gone back and forth like this seven times, his life then ends. After his life ends, due to that poison, fires simultaneously blaze up on the ten jewel-mountains. At that time, the dragon king Nanda, fearing the burning of these mountains, sends down a great downpour of rain, with drops like carriage axles. The bird's flesh is completely dispersed, leaving only its heart. Its heart plunges straight down seven times as before, and then returns to rest upon the summit of Mount Vajra. The dragon king Nanda takes this bird's heart and uses it as a luminous pearl; a cakravartin obtains it as a wish-fulfilling jewel.