An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.352.5

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here dwell the innumerable Nāgas (description), the sons of Surasā, wearing svastika, etc. The principal are Vāsuki, etc. (γ). Mātali wished to get for his son-in-law the Nāga Sumukha of Airāvata's race, the son of Cikura (who had been not long before slain by Garuḍa), and the grandson of Āryaka Kauravya and the daughter's son of Vāmana (V, 103). Nārada introduced Mātali to Āryaka as the friend and chariotcer of Indra, who drives his chariot drawn by 1,000 steeds, and thereby has vanquished the enemies of the gods. Āryaka objected that Garuḍa, when he left these regions had said that after a month he would devour Sumukha also. According to a proposal of Mātali, they all visited Indra and Vishnu; Vishnu proposed to give amṛta to Sumukha; but Indra disagreed on account of the prowess of Garuḍa; instead he gave him an excellent lease of life, and having married Mātali's daughter he returned home (V, 104). Garuḍa made remonstrances to Indra, saying that he, like him, can without any fatigue bear the weight of the three worlds; that he had slain the Daityas Çuṭaṭri, etc. (δ); that he not only perches on Vishnu's flagstaff, but sometimes carries him with all his friends on his back, and he can carry Vishnu without fatigue on only one of his feathers. Vishnu shows him that he cannot bear the weight of his one right arm; then he threw Sumukha with the toe of his foot upon Garuḍa's breast. And from that time Garuḍa has ever lived (in friendship?) with that snake.