Indra had prepared for every possibility, for every demand that tribal chiefs could make. But he never dreamed that a marriage proposal would be one of them.
"The news of your nuptials did reach me, King Indra," the chief of Kaushala tribe, Galaja admitted, with a sly smile, "but you are a king, and aristocrats have been known to take more than one wife. Such was the old way of life, my king. You will not be breaking any of your kshatriya laws if you accept my daughter's hand in marriage."
