PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY

THE BERWICK & SMITH CO.






TO

MRS. WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY



PREFACE

THIS lyrical drama was written about twenty-five years ago. It is
based on the following story from the Mahabharata.

In the course of his wanderings, in fulfilment of a vow of
penance, Arjuna came to Manipur. There he saw Chitrangada, the
beautiful daughter of Chitravahana, the king of the country.
Smitten with her charms, he asked the king for the hand of his
daughter in marriage. Chitravahana asked him who he was, and
learning that he was Arjuna the Pandara, told him that
Prabhanjana, one of his ancestors in the kingly line of Manipur,
had long been childless. In order to obtain an heir, he
performed severe penances. Pleased with these austerities, the
god Shiva gave him this boon, that he and his successors should