- Some amongst them are like wells and pits with mouths covered by grass and creepers, while others resemble the firmament cleared of clouds and darkness.
- Some amongst them are of fierce dispositions (like Durvasas and others of that stamp).
- Some are as mild and soft in disposition as cotton (like Gautama and others).
- Some amongst them are very cunning (like Agastya who devoured the Asura Vatapi, and Rishis of that class).
- Some amongst them are devoted to the practice of penances.
- Some amongst them are employed in agricultural pursuits (like the preceptor of Uddalaka).
- Some amongst them are engaged in the keep of kine (as Upamanyu while attending his preceptor).
- Some amongst them live upon eleemosynary alms. Some amongst them are even thieves (like Valmiki in his early years and Viswamitra during a famine).
- Some amongst them are fond of fomenting quarrels and disputes (like Narada).
- Some, again, amongst them are actors and dancers (like Bharata).
- Some amongst them are competent to achieve all feats, ordinary and extraordinary (like Agastya drinking up the entire ocean, as if it were a palmful of water).
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