The story revolves around Pandey ji, whose wife is having an affair, leading to his daily struggle as she only provides him with minimal food. Distraught over her behavior, he seeks advice from his sister, who suggests an extreme solution to eliminate the lover. Pandey ji acts on this advice by pouring hot water into the room, resulting in the lover's death. The unintended consequence of his actions leads to the neighbor woman also dying, and Pandey ji buries both of them in secret. After this, he remarries and finds happiness, highlighting themes of betrayal, desperation, and the consequences of extreme actions.

एगो पाँड़े जी के मेहरारू दोसर से फँसल हले। ऊ रोज माँग के आवथ, तो ऊ बेमारी कछले रहे, आउ कहे कि ''तीन गो लिटिया पकइहें रे रमवाँ, एगो कोठिया के कन्हवा चढ़इहे रे रमवाँ, उहूँ-उहूँ-हूँ-हूँ-हूँ, एगो अपने खइहें रे रमवाँ, एगो हमरा दिहें रे रमवाँ, असल के होयवे तो ओकरो में से आधा छोड़वे हो रमवाँ, उहूँ-उहूँ-हूँ-हूँ!'' ऊ रोज अइसहीं करे आउ पाँड़े जी भूखे रह जाथ ।

ऊ एक दिन मेहरारू के बेमारी से चिंतित हो के अप्पन बहिनी के लिआवे गेलन आउ रो-रो के सब हाल कहलन, तो बहिनी समझ गेल आउ भइवा से कहलक कि ''जा के गरम पानी करके कोठी में डाल दऽ । ओकर इअरवा उहँई मर जतवऽ । बस, ओकर बेमारी ठीक हो जतवऽ !''

बाबा जी घरे आन के तीनअछिया चूल्हा पर खूब पानी गरम कयलन, तो पड़िआइन पूछलन कि ''हम भूखे मरल जाइत ही आउ, तूं खाली पानी गरम करइत हऽ ।'' पाँड़े जी कहलन कि ''कोठिया में 'सूढ़वा' लगल हे, ओकरे मारे ला करइत ही !'' पड़िआइन केतनो मना कयलक, पर ऊ न मानलन, आउ पानी खउला के कोठी में डाल देलन । पड़िआइन के इयार उहँई सींझ के मर गेलन। बाद में पड़िआइन के भी जान मार देलन आउ कोला में गड़हरा खान के राते में दूनो के गाड़ देलन । बाद में पाड़े जी दूसर विआह करके सुख से रहे लगलन ।

See translation

A certain Pandey ji's wife was entangled with another. She came home every day asking for something, while he was not feeling well and said that

''Three rotis will be cooked, dear, one will be offered to the deity in the room, oh-oh-oh-oh, one will be for you, dear, and one will be given to me, dear, if it is real, you will leave half of it for me, oh-oh-oh-oh!''

Every day it happened this way and Pandey ji stayed hungry.

One day, being worried about his wife's illness, he went to fetch his sister and, crying, told her everything. His sister understood and told him, "Go and boil some hot water and pour it in the room. Her lover will die right there. Then her illness will be cured!"

Baba ji brought home the hot water and asked the neighbor woman, "I’m starving and you're just boiling water?" Pandey ji replied, "There is a 'sudharwa' in the room, that’s why I’m doing this!” The neighbor woman insisted, but he did not listen, and poured the boiling water into the room. The lover was scalded and died right there. Later, the neighbor woman also died, and Pandey ji buried both of them in the night in a pit. Afterward, Pandey ji remarried and began to live happily.