They are employed in carrying the Devas and the Gandharvas; they are of the celestials colour, and they possess speed as that of the mind. They may be lean and thin in body, but they never feel tired and their speed never suffers for this reason.
देवगन्धर्ववाहास्ते दिव्यवर्णा मनोजवाः। क्षीणाक्षीणा भवन्त्येते न हीयन्ते च रंहसः॥