Famed throughout the world, adorned with many good qualities, truth, purity, good conduct, policy, condescension, and prudence; they are protectors of the Vira Bananju Dharma : the dharma of the heroic traders
having a multitude of cities and asramas at the four points of the compass. born to be wanderers over many countries, white umbrellas as their canopy, the whole earth as their homeland, the ocean as their pathway, the seven headed naga as the binding cord
by land routes and water routes penetrating into the regions of the seven continents, with superior elephants, well-bred horses, and exotic beasts, large sapphires, pearls and diamonds, cardamoms, cloves, sandal and other perfumes and drugs, all manner of good things carried on their shoulders,
selling wholesale or in the markets, they fill up the nations treasury of gold and the armoury of weapons; and from the rest they daily bestow gifts on pandits and munis;
Varuna is their standard bearer, Indra is the sword-guard, Kubera is the treasurer