UDAYAN (Marathi)

FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT BESIDES THE RAMAYANA AND THE MAHABHARATA, THERE IS A THIRD EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA: THE BRUHATKATHA. COMPOSED BY SCHOLAR-POET- SAVANT GUNADHYA, IT CONSISTED THE STORY OF UDAYAN. RAISED TO BE KING, UDAYAN WAS TAUGHT THE SKILLS OF THE WARRIOR AS WELL AS THE CRAFT OF THE STATESMAN WHOSE WORDS HIDE HIS THOUGHTS. BUT HIS SOUL BELONGED TO THE GODDESS OF MUSIC. AS TIME PASSED, THE GREAT VATSA EMPIRE CRUMBLED AS ITS MUSICIAN-KING SAT LOST TO THE REALITY OF THE INTRIGUE, ESPIONAGE AND WARS WHICH THREATENED TO WIPE OUT BOTH HIS KINGDOM AND THE PANDAVA LINE FOREVER. THIS IS THE EPIC TALE OF UDAYAN; HIS DEVOTED MINISTER, YAUGANDHARAYAN; HIS FIERCELY LOYAL GENERAL, RUMANWAN; AND THE BRILLIANT COURT JESTER, VASANTAK. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF PRADYOT, PROUD KING OF AVANTI, AND UDAYANS ABDUCTION OF HIS VIVACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, VASAVDATTA.