Oh ! Rama, with his keen eyes, he (Anshuman) marked the rapid-winged king of birds, Garuda ( the Eagle-vehicle of Vishnu ), who was the maternal uncle of his paternal-uncles, bestowed with the swiftness of the wind-god ( Vaayu dev ). [1-41-16]
स चैनमब्रवीद्वाक्यं वैनतेयो महाबलः | मा शुचः पुरुषव्याघ्र वधोऽयं लोकसम्मतः || १-४१-१७
Highly powerful Garuda, son of lady Vinata, addressing Anshuman said 'O Tiger among men do not grieve. This act of assasination is meant for the welfare of the three worlds'. [1-41-17]
' In fact, Kapila, the Imponderable Sage, has burnt down those great-mighty paternal-uncles of yours, oh, observant Amshuman, as such it will not be apt of you to offer the mundane obsequial water-oblations to them, indeed'. [1-41-18]
'Oh ! best one among men, River Ganga is the elder daughter of Himavanta, and oh ! dextrous one, you have to offer water-oblation to the departed paternal-uncles of yours in the holy waters of River Ganga'. [1-41-19]
' Ganga, the purifier of the three worlds, will sanctify your uncles reduced to heaps of ashes. These heaps when inundated by waters of Ganga, beloved of the worlds, will take all the sixty thousand sons to heaven'. [1-41-20]