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.