After the expiration of a full year, he renounces his goatish body, and is then born as a worm. After that he succeeds in regaining his human form.
छागस्तु निधनं प्राप्य पूर्ण संवत्सरे ततः। कीटः संजायते जन्तुस्ततो जायति मानुषः॥