They were possessed of various kinds of faces. Listen to me, O Janamejaya, as I describe them. Some had faces like those of tortoises and some like those of cocks. The faces of some were very long, O Bharata. Some again, had faces resembling those of dogs and wolves and hares and owls and asses and camels and hogs. Some had human faces and some had faces like those of sheep and jackals. Some were terrible and had faces like those of Makaras and porpoises. Some had faces like those of cats and some like those of flies; and the faces of some were very long. Some had faces like those of the mongoose, the owl and the crow. Some had faces like those of mice and peacocks and fishes and goats and sheep and buffaloes. Some had faces like those of bears and tigers and leopards and lions. Some had faces like those of elephants and crocodiles.
वक्त्रैर्नानाविधैर्ये कूर्मकुक्कुटवक्त्राश्च शशोलूकमुखास्तथा॥ खरोष्ट्रवदनाश्चान्ये वराहवदनास्तथा। मार्जारशशवक्त्राश्च दीर्घवक्त्राश्च भारत॥ मत्स्यमेषाननाश्चान्ये अजाविमहिषाननाः। ऋक्षशार्दूलवक्त्राश्च द्वीपिसिंहाननास्तथा॥ भीमा गजाननाश्चैव तथा नक्रमुखाश्च ये। तु शृणु ताञ्जनमेजय।