Brahmā said: The lord had vulgar traits. He was stark nude. He had smeared his limbs with ashes; His hands were engaged in whirling a firebrand. His eyes were red and tawny. Sometimes he laughed biosteriously, sometimes he sang surprisingly. Sometimes he danced amorously and sometimes he cried repeatedly. He roamed round the hermitages and begged for alms. He assumed forms of his choice by his māyā. When the lord thus came to the forest the sages eulogised him with devotion. By their pleasant countenance and in the company of their wives, sons and attendants, they greeted the lord with waters, garlands of variegated colour, incense and scents. They spoke to the lord thus: