Forsooth, the gods and the Rishis are endued with the qualities of Goodness, best of kings! But then they who are divested of that quality in its subtile form are always considered to be of mutable nature.
कामं देवा ऋषयश्च सत्त्वस्था नृपसत्तम॥ हीनाः सत्त्वेन शुद्धेन ततो वैकारिकाः स्मृताः।