The king should even protect a Shudra who seeks protection. If he does so, he is born in his next birth in a royal family, possessing property and being adored by other kings.
शूद्रं तु मोचयेद् राजा शरणार्थिनमागतम्। प्राप्नोतीह कुले जन्म सद्रव्ये राजपूजिते॥