अधीतमध्यापितमार्जितं यशो
न शोचनीयं किमपीह भूतले ।
अतः परं श्रीभवनाथशर्मणो
मनो मनोहारिणि जाह्नवीतटे ॥

Shankaramishra grew up to be a great scholar. All his education was under his father Bhavanathamishra. He composed many works on shastra and kavya. Gauridigambara-prahasana, Krishnavinoda-nataka, Manobhava-parabhava-nataka, Rasarnava, Durgatika, Chandogahnikoddhara, Vadivinoda, Upaskara, a gloss on Vaisheshika sutras, Amoda, a commentary on Udayana’s Kusumanjali, and a commentary of Sriharsha’s Khandanakhandakhadya are some of his works.

Bhavanathamishra, his father, felt contented. He thought that his life’s purpose has been achieved. He told his son:

I studied, taught, and earned fame.

There is nothing I aspired that I didn’t get.

 Shankaramishra understood his father’s intent immediately. He said:

Now onwards, Bhavanathamishra’s mind

Is set only on the peaceful banks of Ganga.

True to this, Bhavanathamishra became a samnyasi in Kashi.

Translated from Kannada by Shashi Kiran B. N.
(The original article is from the anthology Kavitegondu Kathe.)