sitting' by his side, named! rSu Prdba, the daughter o{. Batdra Sdmba, presents
ofle of' these! flow’ers to. him,< wifch-''whrcE/hd,refcurfe to his father; who
alarmed at his success, immediately delivers over to\h‘im the'jgovemment of
his country.
- -After Ditia. Ke'wdcha had thus becomb sovereign, he. desired'to be united'
in marriage'-with'the Widadari "who had given Hibi thb- flower;- "and. dispatches
■ a Rasdksa, named; KoldngMa^) with a -letter*Xaddieskedi fto Batdra
Guru, soliciting. >Su Praha,. in marriage, and threatening <to.J destroy! fhe
heavens in case, of refusal. When.-the messenger ro&cdo&^Sweridra Budna
he presented the letter, to.Batdra'Sakraf iiwho knowirig.itS' contents; without^
reading.'dt,immediately replied in a ragi?,:. H thendet yohr 'sav.ereigcrcarry ■
« bis threat into -execution, for Bitdra Guru wiH,».«£$§£. consent": thatba
*MWiddddribe married to a Rdsdksa.W
When the messenger had disappeared, Batdra Sdkra commuhicatedi to the
gods the'-state; .ofxaffairs,,,on which; Batord Gwr#\.bec&meftenfilg©d. As he
6hrhed : his. f*assion,r. Aram^a,..hecomes'I disturbed $ smoke issued from
deepest recesses and the heavens rocked .-to and '-fpoi Resijffl'aratja. then
apprised Batdra Guru that there^was a man .on, the earth, named cBqgdwan
Wardiningsih, or Mmtardga, who had .ldngjperformed his|d'&koti0-ns>4n the
mountain Indra-kila, and suggested that it might ti^teSgrg|Qsempl,oy.i him
against Detia Kewdclia than for the gpds, who were^gnoranb^M the. art <if
war, to await in heaven the coming, of the^Rasaksa. ... Batarfa Guru approves
of the suggestion, and Resi, i Narada descends, Mcciyr&mi^f^to^Zndrja^kiia,
accompanied by seven Widaddris, in the hope that by the influencerof j.tkeir
charms,he might succeed in abstracting,®zr’di«zng'5iA from the.severe penance
which he was performing": The namesrof vfchs Widaddris whp'ACeompgpifed
him' were SuPrabar Wilotama, Leng,leng-Mahdanat Sumartdka,<M^g’intpuni,
Su Prdbaisini, and .Dersa^ndla. " In their train/oUowed a> thpuMnd^bf d;he
young and beautiful maids of heaven.'..V.
Wardiningsih. was performiug a long and. rigid penance,! fob thevpurpdse
of recovering the kingdom of JLstina, ; and whenkS&nidrfa.. arrived,.at Indfa-^
Mia, -the sirahhad climbed: half- way up. the .heavens.. 11 Tbj&'Wi0Md$ris
immediately displayed their .charms, and employed every artifice to attract
his attention, but they -could not succeed..; bOne : of thehi, who, reser&bled
his wife,: even threw', off her upper garments, and exposing he r’bosom
embraced him.with transport; but it. did not avail.
Batdra
- Batdra^S&kr'atthèn desdtehdedito ~Tndrd$M&?'in the tdisgmsetof’ a Dervise,
assumirighhe mapae*of"Pditf'mgYumf, and'~appfoachfrïg,Wardiningsih, as,if in
grief,- threw, éffi ’^jdi^gifisêj^an d' resuming»'th’e ' go'd^’adêressed- Wardinirtgsih,
(as follows?* #?tMy.’. visft':tö?^^é^^ömthT^^,alé,é'QuM'^si,.first, I request your
-“ Assistance' ini this war^hlwffd$^,hl wish-to appFièétyou,’ tMt Batdra Géru
a'short timeiappean't;ó;iy$ü*thilfilyf^^dyigfe you, thaf 'whenyou sëè
* Batdra Géru, and he^asks^ybu^wHdtb'm^wti -have courage tó-’eiigagé in -the
i* ■' war'ófhóf,r4yda^answer.!!thatJiyö'^Llhave;V'fe(|ué§;tt!i;gdJsw^ëf'iJin return, that
“ when the ^&dïiBrdiiïi Idudfia. ifökë's'tpl‘aG^i<-the' 'PanddfBa -may' be vsuccessful.
.“ ' ■You may fthénJurèquèst two arrows, called 'pasópdtv- and triséla, and the
crown ip'hUping': bctsundnda, th&bvè^t 'dfÈa'-'fkbsSnct^ the slippers mdrdu
■P!,dedckdrm'a-:’J.thesé- slippers, whehiyorr wear them, > will' enable '-you icy fly,
■ “ ,and-tor enter' heaven in persony;'tRéquest, lmèrêbYéfMthèlchtóot'- mdnik,
“ which is'.drawn-by elephants and .horses, fofifth^t,K:eavenly---facb')'(5(zm&rdn*)i
•“ and^called' cMpta~-w'alaha, • and. that[ if •ydufdÉ& successful-in the war -with
f‘. Détia Ke’wdcha,' 'Batdra Guru, as^Well as thejother gods, .may each pr-ésent
“ rybu' with a-' Widaddri,”,, Batdra 'SdJcrahavjaig’raadd* an impression on thé
-mind' of Wardiningsih returned to- heaven.
In the mean time,Mang-mdng Mérka, dhe'Peptdeho£ Détia K&wdcha,_v/ho
had a face like a .hog; reGeiv&b orders to. lay. waste th e mountain of Indrd-Mla.
iIé/:noqsbbner (Arrived , there;: and cultivation, than
■’Sémar 'ga.ve. information1 of it to - Wardiningsih;'Jwhol bdriimg' forth with his
bow and arrow'immediately struck the- Rdsaksa y upbn' VyhifchJ Batdra Géru
'appeared intt-h®'• form; of at forester, holdingrdn 'his hand a how without-an
arrow.:’ Then^struggling with Wardinmgsih tb withdraw'thfe; arrow with which
-the, Rasdksa had’ been struck, each pulled at~. it mfeffeefcually.'untiLa- quarrel
.ensued,- in which Batdra Guru accüsed Watdimngsih of having a bad- heart,
and of following the dictates of his Géru lMrna,' Mvho was at -Astinaj' and
,who.had a’ opoqked nose ,'and-mouth. War dining sih 'being' renrage d' at this,
basey.ere combat ensued, when Batdra Guru having laid hold of his adversary’s
hair, fhcother attempted to,retaliate, ohbwhich Batdra Géru vanished! A
■fragrant odour immediately, arose, and Wardinirigsih reflected upon what
Sdkra had told bird, and instantly perceived a bright arch, .Iikeijthe rainbow,
•with Batdra Géru appearing within it, attendedihy 'Rési Narada and a suite
of Widaddris: flowing profQundly'tbfhe ground,- he felt himself .permitted
to approach the| deity and kiss his..-feet;,-,) Batdra Géru then informed.him
of his object in coming to Indra-kila, and requested that he would make war
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