 Once , Khandoba and Mhalsa play a game of <unk> ( translated as game of dice or chess ) . Khandoba loses everything to Mhalsa in the <unk> , except his <unk> , his flag , his staff ( <unk> ) and his <unk> , the bag of magical bhandara ( <unk> powder ) . In a dream , he sees Banai and falls in love with her . He goes on a hunt in the forest , gets away from the army and stays with Banai for twelve years . He marries her in non @-@ ritualistic marriage and brings her back to Jejuri . A variant describes how Khandoba arrives in <unk> on a hunting expedition and becomes <unk> . A Dhangar directs him to Banai 's <unk> . Banai offers him water or sends a pot of water , in which Khandoba reads Banai 's name . In another version , the pot with nine jewels is a sign for Khandoba to recognise Banai , the girl he saw in his dream . He falls for her and loses purposefully in <unk> with Mhalsa and accepts a twelve @-@ year exile . In this period , he disguises himself as an impoverished , old <unk> and becomes a man @-@ servant of Banai 's father . Some folk songs have erotic overtones , for example , some songs give erotic descriptions of Banai 's beauty which <unk> Khandoba . 
