Torn to pieces by the assault of the wheels, the worm died. Born at last in the Kshatriya order through the grace of Vyasa of immeasurable power, he proceeded to see the great Rishi. He had, before becoming a Kshatriya, to pass through various orders of birth, such as hedgehog and Iguana and boar and dcer and bird, and Chandala and Shudra and Vaishya. Having given and account of his various changes to the truth-telling Rishi, and remembering the Rishi's kindness for him, the worm (now with joined hands fell at the Rishi's feet and touched them with his head.
चक्राक्रमेण भिन्नश्च कीट: प्राणान् मुमोच हा सम्भूतः क्षत्रियकुले प्रसादादमितौजसः॥ तमृषि द्रष्टुमगमत् सर्वास्वन्यासु योनिषु। वाविन्द्रोधावरहाणां तथैव मृगपक्षिणाम्॥ वपाकशूद्रवैश्यानां क्षत्रियाणां च योनिषु। एवमाभाष्य ऋषिणा सत्यवादिना। प्रतिस्मृत्याथ जग्राह पादौ मूर्ध्नि कृताञ्जलिः॥