Dursasana

Dursasana ... son of King Drestarastra

Title	Dursasana - (Raden) - Mahabharata
Other names	Arja Banjarjumut, Cindeputra
Size	65 cm
Personal data	Dursasana is the second Kaurava, the son of King Drestarastra and Dewi Gendari. The Duke of Banjarjunut is a Kurawa character after Duryudana. Dursasana was trusted by his older brother to head the government in Kasatrian Banjarjunut, which is still part of the Astina region. He married Dewi Saltani, and from that marriage they had a child named Dursala. In fact, Dursasana, with the approval of the other Kauravas, once proposed to Dewi Trirasa, the daughter of Begawan Bratasudarsana. However, this intention failed, because Dewi Trirasa was finally married to Arya Setyaki, Prabu Kresna's sister-in-law.
Appearance	He is one of a hundred Kaurawas, but also the worst. A loudmouth who has no respect for others. Rough, wild, mean and also unreliable.
Collection	Private collection

Dursasana - (Raden) - Mahabharata

After the Pandavas finished holding the Rajasuya Offering ceremony, the Korawa invited the Pandavas to play dice. This invitation was actually a cunning plan by the Korawa at Sengkuni's suggestion to avenge Duryudana's shame and hurt because of Draupadi's insult. The Pandavas, without suspicion, accepted the invitation. At first, when the stakes were still small, Patih Sengkuni as the Korawa representative deliberately gave Yudhhistira the win. However, over time the stakes get bigger. With Sengkuni's cleverness, the Pandavas were never given a chance to win. Until finally everything belonging to the Pandavas, treasures, palaces and kingdoms became the property of the Kurawas.

Yudhistira, was forced to bet his brothers, and finally he bet his own wife, Dewi Draupadi and it turned out that the Pandavas still lost. To take revenge on Draupadi, Duryudana ordered Dushasana to take Draupadi to the game arena. Dushasana dragged Draupadi by pulling her hair until her bun came loose. Adipati Karna, who had also been humiliated and hurt by Draupadi, incited Dushasana to strip Draupadi naked in public. Dushasana pulled Drupadi's cloth, but every time Drupadi's cloth was pulled, there was always a new cloth covering the body of Puntadewa's wife. All of this cannot be separated from the help of Bathara Darma.

At that time, Goddess Draupadi swore that she would not wear her hair in a bun before it was buried in Dushasana's blood. Meanwhile, Bima, who witnessed this insolence, vowed that he would tear Dushasana's chest and drink Dushasana's blood someday. Goddess Draupadi and Bima's oath was finally fulfilled. In Baratayudha, Dushasana dies at the hands of Bima. The Banjarjunut knight's chest was ripped open, then Bima took his blood and gave it to Dewi Draupadi to knead her hair.
Dushasana's death occurred when Bima went berserk after he learned about the death of his son, Gatotkaca. When Bima broke through the Kaurava ranks to face Adipati Karna who had killed Gatotkaca, Dushasana tried to stop him. However, King Drestarastra's second son was unable to overcome Bima's strength. He tried to escape. However, Bima, who was angry, continued to chase him until he reached the bank of the Kelawing river.

However, when Dushasana was about to cross the Kelawing River, he fell. So Bima easily caught Dushasana by grabbing his hair. Bima dragged his enemy by the hair back to the battlefield. With Pancanaka's nails, Bima tore Duryodana's younger brother's body to pieces. The death of Dursasana in the puppet story, is also caused by the revenge of the spirits of Tarka and Sarka, two sisters who were used as a pawn by Kurawa to win the Baratayuda. On Duryudana's orders, Dushasana forced Tarka and Sarka to become sacrifices for their victory. The two brothers were burned alive as war sacrifices.
The late Tarka and Sarka were unwilling, then took revenge. When Bima was chasing Dursasana, the spirits of Tarka and Sarka blocked Dursasana's legs when he was about to cross the Kelawing River, causing him to fall. That way, Bima could easily catch him. Since then, people call Sungai Kelawing by the name Sungai Cincing Goling.

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