So they all knelt down and prayed to Saturn, and
the god forgave the two-daughters-in-law who had given him nothing.
And he was more pleased than ever with the little daughter-in-law who
had befriended him. And so they all lived happily ever afterwards. And
may Saturn be pleased with us all as he was with the little
daughter-in-law.
CHAPTER VII
Mahalaxmi and the Two Queens
Once upon a time there was a town called Atpat. In it there lived
a king who had two queens. Of one of them he was very fond, but
the other one he did not care for. The name of the favoured one was
Patmadhavrani, and the name of the unloved one was Chimadevrani. Now
the king had an enemy called Nandanbaneshwar. Such a terrible enemy
he was too! He could jump into the clouds or dive into the bottom of
the ocean. At one moment he would shoot up into heaven. At another he
would sink down into hell, and through fear of his enemy, the king had
become as dry and as thin as an old bit of stick. One day the king, in
despair, assembled all his subjects and ordered them to seek out and
kill Nandanbaneshwar.
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