Madhyamavyāyogaḥ
This is the story of a Brāhmaṇa family that is caught by Ghaṭotkaca, son of Bhīma, one of the Pāndavas.
This story is based on a Brāhmaṇa family’s middle son called Madhyama and Bhīma. In this play reunion of Bhīma and his son Ghaṭotkaca also takes place. It is set in the forest when Pāndavas were in exile. It starts with Ghaṭotkaca trying to chase a Brāhmaṇa family for his mother Hiḍimba who wanted to eat human beings. He captures the family and gives them an option that if one of them agrees to become his mother’s dinner then he will set the rest of them free. Everyone from the family offered themselves in the act of selflessness and at the end it was decided that the middle son will sacrifice himself for the rest of the family and he agrees to go with Ghaṭotkaca. But he makes a request that before finally be taken to his mother, he must let him drink water from the lake to satiate his thirst. Ghaṭotkaca lets him go to the lake and waits for him to come back. When he does not return, he asks the family to tell him the name of their middle son. His name was Madhyama, which was also the name of Bhīma. When Ghaṭotkaca calls outs ‘Madhyama’ Bhīma thinks that someone is calling him out. Bhīma enters the scene and tells Ghaṭotkaca that he must let the family free and that he will himself become Hiḍimba’s dinner. Bhīma finds out while arguing with him that Ghatotkacha was in fact his own son. When Hiḍimba sees Bhīma, she discloses his identity to their son and thus they get reunited.
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