In English
was a reputed vedic scholar; he had the music of the on his tongue and the cinders of anger in his eye; a strange combination, indeed. Seeing this absurdity, , the Goddess of Learning and Liberation, laughed in derision. The sage was stung to the quick; he threw a curse on Her, and she was born on earth as the daughter of . There was a brother too, a feeble-minded chap who was incapable, in spite of the efforts of the skilled teachers, of even pronouncing the Veda aright. He was beaten with a rod, but that only made him weep helplessly. was moved with great pity. She intervened and saved him from physical torture. She taught him the four and the six Scriptures (), and he became a great master.