They carry the oblations offered by the votaries by means of wings. When appeased by hymns they do not frustrate the sacrificial rites.
चितोऽग्निरुद्वहन् यज्ञं पक्षाभ्यां तान् प्रबाधते। मन्त्रैः प्रशमिता ह्येते नेष्टं मुष्णन्ति यज्ञियम्॥