Katha about a couple, in which the husband was so in love with his wife that he gave away half his lifetime/age to his wife in order to save her from dying due to a snake bite. Despite this the wife cheats on him and runs away with a younger man from a circus troupe. The husband finally manages to catch hold of her and asks her to renounce the years he gave to her. As soon as she renounces the donated years, she dies on spot and the husband returns back to his home. A Katha is a ballad which is