This man was badly beat by Indra when he was forced to  retrieve amrita  to help his mother Vinyata escape from the clutches of Kadru,  who is often held to be the mother of 1,000 serpents.
One story says that this god's brother was the personification of the  dawn who was born 500 years prematurely than he was. This brother of  Aruna was so arrogant that Shiva one time used his thumb to smash this  god's head into the ground. The Mahabharata states that this figure sat  on a tree branch, nearly killing the valakhilyas.  This god, whose name  means "bearer of great weight," was mistaken for (*) Agni at birth because  of his brightness. This man was badly beat by Indra when he was forced to  retrieve amrita  to help his mother Vinyata escape from the clutches of Kadru,  who is often held to be the mother of 1,000 serpents. For 10 points, name this  enemy of the nagas,  a bird deity.
One story says that this god's brother was the personification of the  dawn who was born 500 years prematurely than he was.
Garuda