Wanting in pride, able, quick in doing things, kind, strong, incorruptible, free from disease and pleasant of speech-one with these eight qualities should, it is said, be sent as a messenger.
अस्तब्धमक्लीबमदीर्घसूत्रं सानुक्रोशं श्लक्ष्णमहार्यमन्यैः। अरोगजातीयमुदारवाक्यं दूतं वदन्त्यष्टगुणोपपन्नम्॥