The great sage Dattatreya’s learnings, continued and concluded…
9. From a python, he learned the lesson of contentment, because of its eating habits. Eat when hungry and don’t hog.
10. From the ocean, he learned to remain quiet and calm beneath, no matter how many rivers pour into it
11. From the moth, he learned the dangers of ruining oneself, like the importance for the moth of staying away from the fire, of being distracted by the senses
12. From the bee, that he should beg for little food only, from one house to another
13. From the beetle and the worm, he learned the principle that as a man thinks, so he becomes, and hence the need to continuously contemplate on the Atman
There were a few other teachers as well, totaling 24, and interested readers should read the amazing entire story!