Their dress consists of deerskins or barks of trees. Freed from pairs of opposites, the Valakhilyas, having penances for wealth, walk in this track of virtue. They are as big as a digit of the thumb. Divided into classes, each class lives in the practice of its duties. They wish only to practise penances. The merits they acquire by their righteous conduct are very great.
मृगनिर्मोकवसनाश्चीरवल्कलवाससः। निर्द्वन्द्वाः सत्पथं प्राप्ता बालखिल्यास्तपोधनाः॥ अङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्रा ये भूत्वा स्वे स्वे व्यवस्थिताः। तपश्चरणमीहन्ते तेषां धर्मफलं महत्॥