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揭路荼（梵語虜質不妙也正梵音云蘗嚕拏。古云迦婁羅。即金翅鳥也。或名玅翅鳥。案起世因本經云金翅鳥與龍各具四生。所謂卵胎濕化。然卵生者力小。只食卵生龍。化生者威力最大。能食四生。欲食龍之時以兩翅扇海水開銜得諸龍吞在嗉中龍尚未死。亦名此鳥為大嗉鳥也。飛至居吒奢摩梨樹上。然後吐出。啄而食之。被啄之時。出大怖畏之聲。極受苦楚。此鳥亦名龍惌。其背兩翼悉皆金色。故以為名）。

揭路荼 (A Sanskrit term, a crude and impure transcription. The correct Sanskrit pronunciation is garuḍa. In ancient times it was translated as jiālóuluó [garuḍa]. That is, the golden-winged bird; it is also called the wondrous-winged bird. According to the Qishi yinben jing, the golden-winged birds and the nāgas each have the four modes of birth, namely egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, and transformationally born. However, the egg-born have little strength and only eat egg-born nāgas. The transformationally born have the greatest supernatural power and can devour [nāgas of] all four modes of birth. When they wish to devour nāgas, they flap their two wings to part the ocean water, catch the nāgas in their beaks, and swallow them whole into their crops while the nāgas are not yet dead; hence this bird is also called the 'great crop bird'. It flies up into a kūṭa-śālmali tree, then vomits them out and pecks and eats them. When being pecked, [the nāgas] utter terrifying cries and endure extreme suffering. This bird is also named the 'nāgas' enemy'. Both its back and its two wings are entirely golden in color, hence its name).