One day, Gopal was suffering from a stomach ache, an indescribable pain. Restless with the pain, he lay down in the royal court and began to say, "Oh Mother Kali! Please cure my stomach ache - I will sacrifice a pair of rams to you within seven days."
After a while, Gopal's pain subsided. He sat up and drank a paan and said, "The stomach pain would have subsided anyway, so where is the magic of Mother Kali in that? But why should I go and sacrifice a pair of rams to Mother Kali?"
Gopal started talking in a very happy mood. But after a while, the pain started again. Gopal said, struggling like a slaughtered goat, "Oma, Mother Kali, shouldn't I have given you a pair of goats? I was just making fun of you. You understand so much, Mother, don't you understand making fun of me?''