each have one child. It so happened that the promised child had
invariably been a son. He, Chitravahana, was the first to have
only a daughter Chitrangada to perpetuate the race. He had,
therefore, always treated her as a son and had made her his heir.

Continuing, the king said:

"The one son that will be born to her must be the perpetuator of
my race. That son will be the price that I shall demand for this
marriage. You can take her, if you like, on this condition."

Arjuna promised and took Chitrangada to wife, and lived in her
father's capital for three years. When a son was born to them,
he embraced her with affection, and taking leave of her and her
father, set out again on his travels.


THE CHARACTERS

GODS:
MADANA (Eros).
VASANTA (Lycoris).

MORTALS:
CHITRA, daughter of the King of Manipur.
ARJUNA, a prince of the house of the Kurus. He is of the
Kshatriya or "warrior caste," and during the action is living as
a Hermit retired in the forest.

VILLAGERS from an outlying district of Manipur.