[4][5][6] Khuman Khamba, a poor orphan prince, fell in love with Thoibi.

[2][7][5][6] The word "Thoibi" means "perfection" or "completion of beauty and accomplishments.

She saw a girl named Khamnu selling wood and befriended her, giving her food and jewelry.

The next time Thoibi went to the market, she met Khamnu again and invited her on a fishing outing on Loktak lake with her other companions.

In that dream, the goddess Ayangleima (either Panthoibi or Koiren Leima) came to him in the form of Khamnu and asked him to get vegetables.

The god Thangjing made him believe that he had truly seen his sister Khamnu in waking life.

Thangjing spread clouds over the hills, and there was a storm, which blew Khamba's boat towards Thoibi and her friends on their fishing trip.

She asked Khamnu if she knew the strange man disobeying the royal order.

She told him to go home before the king heard that he had broken his edict that no men come to the lake.

Thoibi sat on a red cloth near the post on the north side (ukoklel).

[10][11] The King named Khamba the Khuntak Leiroi Hanjaba (Floriculture Minister).

By the grace of Thangjing, not a petal of a single flower brought by Khamba was broken.

At Khamba's return, Thoibi washed his feet and offered him fruit.

[13] On the day of customary rituals to be performed, Khamba first offered his flowers to Thangjing.

After that, Khamba gave the flowers to the king, to the queen, and then to the high officers of Moirang.

He asked his minister, Hanjaba, to sell Thoibi to the Kabaw chief for silver and gold.

[16] Khamba gave Thoibi a staff to lean on as she walked.

She wished for it to grow flowers and become a living, leafy tree if she remained faithful to Khamba.

But the evil women of Kabaw persuaded Changning to treat Thoibi like a servant.

Chief Tamurakpa heard about the harsh treatment Thoibi had received from his daughter, so he asked all the women to weave one cloth each.

Changning knew Kongyamba was muscular, attractive, and the son of famous ancestors.

In the night, Changning tore holes in Thoibi's cloth with a porcupine quill.

One day, when Thoibi was working at her loom, a wind blew ashes towards her.

[17] When Thoibi was on her way back home, she was awaited by her suitor, Angom Nongban Kongyamba.

Angom Nongban Kongyamba asked his watchmen if Princess Thoibi was coming.

The old man told him that a ferocious tiger was a great threat to the villagers in a place called Khoirentak.

Khamba and Thoibi married each other in high state by the King of Moirang.

One night, he pretended to travel away from home, but he secretly returned early.

Disguised as a stranger, he pushed a stick through the wall of Thoibi's room.

Unlike normal mortal beings, the god Thangjing denied them the happiness of a long life and children.