Kumud teaches Saraswatichandra to make pots. Yash’s mother confronts Vidyachatur for not caring for her son. She berates him for favouring Laxminandan and Saraswatichandra. Saraswatichandra tends to Kumud when dust falls into her eyes. Yash’s mother pretends to commit suicide, and takes a promise from Vidyachatur that nobody should blame Yash for the accident. After making the pots, Saraswatichandra informs Kumud that he can leave the village on completing his punishment.