«Rama didn’t understand who was in the form of a golden gazelle, Nahusha harnessed the Brahmins to a chariot, Arjuna conceived the idea of ​​stealing a cow and calf from the ruler of the Brahmins, Yudhishthira lost four brothers and his wife in a game of chance. Often, even a sensible man loses his wits in misfortune.»
The wife, hearing what she needed from her husband, relayed what she heard to a friend. The friend then sent her husband with an axe to the god Vinayaka. Padmini’s husband also went there in the morning. Vinayaka tied them both with peacock nets and said to Padmini’s husband:
«You brought this evil upon yourself. And now you are punished.»

Then the friend’s husband asked for five loaves of bread, and Ganesha gave them to him. They both went home. Padmini’s husband said to his wife:
«Because of you, we lost those five loaves of bread.» They have been given to another. — And he began to regret.

So you too, O King of Kings, do not question me. You will repent. Reflect on those verses yourself. — With these words, Balapandita rose and went home.

After hearing this story, Prabhavati went to bed.

This is the sixth story from the book «Seventy Instructions of the Parrot Shuka.»