Prince Chandrahasa was born to a raja of Kerala, bearing six toes in his left foot, an inauspicious sign.

Unable to perform the dirty deed, they slice off his sixth toe and showed it to Dushtabuddhi as evidence of Chandrahasa's death.

[5] Chandrahasa delivered the note to Madana, Dushtabuddhi's son, who honoured his father's command that very evening, wedding the prince to his beautiful sister.

[citation needed] Dustabuddhi returned to Kuntala to great fanfare, and swiftly realised what had transpired, wondering if he had truly committed such a blunder.

He hatched another assassination plot, requesting Chandrahasa to visit the family's Kali temple that evening, alone, assuring him it was their custom.

Meanwhile, the raja of Kuntala decided to abdicate his throne due to one of his dreams, resolving to name Chandrahasa as his heir, and marry him off to his daughter.

When the tidings of his son's tragic death reached Dushtabuddhi, he was devastated and decided to end his life, going to the Kali temple and beheading himself.

When these two boys were walking in the outskirts of the town one day, they chanced upon the stallion of Yudhishtira's ashvamedha yagna; dismayed, they came back and informed their father of it.

Chandrahasa met Krishna and Arjuna and treated them in a royal manner offering them abundant wealth and men for the yagna.