Soon O best of kings, that worm, on account of the duty of protecting his subjects became a Brahmana after renouncing his Kshatriya body.
अचिरेणैव कालेन कीट: पार्थिवसत्तम। प्रजापालनधर्मेण प्रेत्य विप्रत्वमागतः॥