Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1548

c4.1548

3) Routine of life. The Bālakhilyas live in the maṇḍala of Sūrya (solar region). They travel in front of the sun in the shape of birds. They wear hides of animals. They are righteous and are only as big as a thumb. They are very ardent in doing the works of devas (Gods). They are sinless. There are Bālakhilyas living in the lunar region also. They worship the Sun daily. All the world stand firm in truth because of the penance of the Bālakhilyas. (M.B., Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 141.).