After the inevitable death of Kantavati, Rana Bahadur suffered a mental breakdown during which he lashed out by desecrating temples and cruelly punishing the attendant physicians and astrologers. He then renounced his ascetic life and attempted to re-assert his royal authority.
Following the death of Kantavati, Rana Bahadur suffered a severe mental episode, leading him to vandalize temples and inflict cruelty upon the temple staff, including physicians and astrologers.  He then renounced his spiritual path and sought to reassert his rule as king.