 Accompanied by her adviser , Neto , Manasa descended to earth to obtain human devotees . She was initially mocked by the people but then Manasa forced them to worship her by raining calamity on those who denied her power . She managed to convert people from different walks of life , including the Muslim ruler Hasan , but failed to convert Chand Sadagar . Manasa wanted to become a goddess like Lakshmi or Saraswati . In order to get there she had to achieve the worship Chand Sadagar who was extremely adamant and took oath not to worship Manasa . Thus to gain his fear and insecurity Manasa one by one killed his six sons . At last Manasa conspired against two dancers of Indras Court who loved each other , Anirudha and Usha . Anirudh had to take birth as Lakhinder , Chand and Sanaka 's seventh son . Usha took birth as behula and married him . Manasa killed him but Behula floated on water for nine months with the dead body of her husband and finally brought back the lives of the seven sons and the lost prosperity of Chand . At last , he yielded by offering a flower to the goddess with his left hand without even looking at her . This gesture made Manasa so happy that she resurrected all of Chand 's sons and restored his fame and fortunes . The Mangal kavyas say that after this , the worship of Manasa was popular forever more . 
