Someone asked what the earliest attestation of connection between garuDa and viShNu was; I think:
viShNave tvA shyenAya tvA somabhR^ite viShNave tvA | from yajurvedic texts.
There is another connection between the two seen in the paippalAda shruti which might be coeval too
In the maitrAyaNIya saMhitA the incantation of the two are juxtaposed. The first incantation describes the "ritual" form of garutmant:
suparNo .asi garutmAn trivR^itte shiro gAyatraM chakShur bR^ihadrathantare pakShau, stoma AtmA, ChandAMsy a~NgAni, yajUMShi nAma sAma te tanUr
vAmadevyaM yaj~nAyaj~niyaM puchCham dhiShNyAH shaphAH || suparNo.asi garutmAn divaM gachCha svaH pata || viShNoH kramo.asi sapatnahA gAyatraM ChandA Aroha pR^ithivIm anuvikramasva viShNoH kramo.asyabhimAtihA traiShTubhaM ChandA Aroha antarikSham anuvikramasva viShNoH
kramo.asyarAtIyato hantA jAgataM ChandA Aroha, divam anuvikramasva viShNoH kramo.asi shatrUyato hantA AnuShTubhaM ChandA Aroha disho.anuvikramasva ||
The chant of the foe-slaying strides of viShNu is coupled with that of the flight of suparNa to the heavens.
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