There was a robber by name Kayavya, born of a Kshatriya father and a Nishada mother. Kayavya followed Kshatriya duties. Capable of grinding, endued with intelligence and bravery, well-read in the scriptures, shorn of cruelty, devoted to the Brahmanas, and adoring his elders and preceptors with respect, he protected the ascetics who practised religious penances. Though a robber, he still acquired happiness in the celestial region.
प्रहर्ता मतिमाशूरः श्रुतवाननृशंसवान्। रक्षन्नाश्रमिणां धर्मं ब्रह्मण्यो गुरुपूजकः॥ निषाद्यां क्षत्रियाज्जातः क्षत्रधर्मानुपालकः। कायव्यो नाम नैषादिर्दस्यत्वात् सिद्धिमाप्तवान्।॥