one day, king kwakpa got intoxicated after drinking a juice of the roots of tera plant ("bambax malabaricum"). he wanted to meet irai leima. so, he went to her place riding on a hiyang boat. seeing his approach, she fled to pakhra ching mountain. kwakpa chased her. seeing all these, heibok ningthou turned the hiyang boat into stone and the oar into a tree. getting angry, kwakpa ran towards heibok ningthou to kill him. then, heibok ningthou turned khuman kwakpa into a stone. irai leima saw all this and was afraid of her father. she left her father and ran away. she passed the pakhra ching, crossed the liwa river and entered the house of sarangthem luwangba. she hid herself inside the granary of the house. when sarangthem luwangba and his good lady thoidingjam chanu amurei left the house for field, irai leima came out from her hiding place. in the meantime, she completed all the household chores. when the couple returned home, she hid herself again. the couple got surprised at this but it happened everyday. so, one day, the man returned home earlier than usual. he found out the truth. but when he came near irai leima, she had disappeared below the granary. he looked under the granary but he saw nothing. he was amazed at this. so, he discussed the issue with all his clan members. they searched everywhere but didn't find her anymore.