The king was perplexed, and commanded him, saying: 'Stay with me some time.' Then he said: 'As (to what) you have said to me, Gautama, this knowledge did not go to any Brâhmana before you, and therefore this teaching belonged in all the worlds to the Kshatra class alone. Then he began:

In plain words: The king is troubled, and he asks Gautama to stay with him for a while. He explains that this teaching had never gone to a Brahmin, a priest, before. Until now only the warrior class knew it. Then he begins to teach.