Summary:
The narrative and plot of this play revolve around the life of the great Sanskrit poet Bharavi. Bharavi’s mother, Susheela was sad because her son had not returned home. Bharavi’s father, Shreedhar, makes every effort to console his wife. However, Susheela’s mind is still hung up on the matter of Bharavi’s absence. After all, she is a mother!
Bharavi defeats many great scholars of the Shastras, and along with his victories, he becomes conceited and arrogant. However, his father Shreedhar, wanted Bharavi to cast away his conceit and arrogance because otherwise, he would not be able to make any progress in life. Shreedhar, therefore, admonishes and scolds his son in front of all the other learned scholars. Consequently, Bharavi wants to slay (kill. his own father and take revenge.
When Bharavi finds out about the true intentions of his father, as repentance he asks his father to punish him. Shreedhar gives Bharavi the punishment of having to serve in his father-in-law’s house and of eating leftover food for a period of six months. Bharavi obediently follows his father’s instructions and does the punishment commanded to him. Thus, his arrogance and conceit are removed. Eventually, he composes the epic poem ‘Kiratarjuneeyam’ and becomes the great poet Mahakavi Bharavi.
