On reaching home, he talked to his wife about the mouse and they
decided to convert the mouse into a young baby girl. The sage and his wife began
to take care of the girl child and brought her up as their daughter. The child
grew day by day to a beautiful maiden by the age of sixteen. At this age, the
sage decided to find a match for the girl. He and his wife decided that the Sun
God would be an ideal match for their girl.
So the sage prayed for the Sun God to appear, and once the sun god
appeared asked him to marry his daughter. But his daughter said, "Sorry! I
cannot marry the sun god because he is very intense and I will be reduced to
ashes in his heat and light.". The sage was displeased and asked the sun god to
suggest a possible groom. The sun god suggested the name of the Lord of the
clouds. For, the cloud can easily stop the rays of the sun.
The sage then prayed for the lord of the clouds and once he appeared
him took him to his daughter. The daughter once again decided not accept him as
his groom. She said, " I do not want to marry a person as dark as him. Moreover,
I am afraid of the thunder he produces". The sage was dejected once again and
asked the lord of clouds for a suitable groom. The lord of clouds suggested, "
Why don't you try the lord of wind, for he can easily blow me away".
The sage then prayed for the lord of the wind. On the appearance of
the wind-god, he took him to his daughter. His daughter rejected the groom
saying that she cannot marry such a feeble person like the wind god who is
always on the move. Dejected once again the sage asked the wind-god for a
suggestion. The wind-god suggested the lord of the mountain which was rock solid
and stopped the wind easily. So the sage then went to the mountain lord and
requested him to marry his daughter. But the daughter once again rejected the
mountain lord saying that he was too cold-hearted for her to marry and requested
the sage to find somebody softer. The mountain god then suggested a mouse to
him, because the mouse is soft and yet can easily make holes in the mountain.
This time the daughter was happy and agreed to marrying a he-mouse.
So the sage said, "Look at what the destiny had to offer you. You started as a
mouse, and were destined to marry a mouse in the end. So be it". He then
converted her back to a she-mouse and got her married to a
he-mouse.
