Then Vishvamitra said I was formerly a Kshatriya. I paid my worship to Bhava with the desire of becoming a Brahmana. Through the favour of that great god I succeeded in getting the high status, that is so difficult to acquire, of a Brahmana.
विश्वामित्रस्तदोवाच क्षत्रियोऽहं तदाभवम्। ब्राह्मणोऽहं भवानीति मया चाराधितो भवः॥