Narayana - (Wayang Kulit)

Narayana - son of Prabu Basudewa

Title	Narayana - (Raden) - Mahabharata
Other names	Young Kresna
Size	50 cm
Personal data	Raden Nayarana is the son of Prabu Basudewa from the country of Madura and Dewi Rohini. Raden Nayarana is the twin brother of Raden Kakrasana, but he is black. According to the history, the black color of his skin continues to his blood and flesh. That is the symbol, that Nayarana is a drop of Hyang Vishnu, a God who is the core of human psyche. Narayana also have a sister Bratajaya (Subadra). The word Nayarana by the Javanese is connected with the youth of men, as for example in the speech of the Nayarana period, which means his youth. Narayana also represents King Kresna when he was young. Kresna is the personification of Vishnu on earth and king of Dwarawati. Kresna was married to Dewi Pertiwi, Dewi Jembawati, Dewi Rukmini and Dewi Setyaboma.
Appearance	Raden Nayarana was wide-eyed, looking up. Timed with an eagle on its back, trimmed with flowers, crowned with a crescent moon. Ringing, popping and curling. Rattan fabric. Nayarana is wise and handsome, clear in thought and expression. He is dominant. When irritated, his language is sharp, but not rude. Nayarana has a friendly attitude, as if he is slow in dealing with everything, but in all his words there is a wisdom. Nayarana is an agile person, but also good-looking. According to the assumption of half of people, dexterity is better than good level. Nayarana's speech is pleasant to listen to and often contains sarcasm in a good way. Nayarana's magic lies in his wisdom which is always mixed with jokes.
Collection	Private collection

Narayana – (Raden) – Mahabharata

From the time that Kakrasana, Narayana and Bratajaya were born, they lived in the village of Widara Kandhang with the king’s faithful servant Demang Atiagupa and his wife. They lived there, because the King was afraid for their safety after he found out that the queen was pregnant with the child of the ogre king Gurawangsa (he disguised himself as king Basudewa in order to make love to her).

Kakrasana, Narayana, and Bratajaya lived their entire childhoods without knowing that they were the children of the king. Starting at a young age, Raden Narayana had studied many skills with a spiritual teacher named Begawan Padmanaba (incarnation of Wisnu). Not only did he give him knowledge which enabled him to see the future, but he also gave him the magical weapon Cakra Baswara (god Wisnu’s weapon), a thorned disc, which cannot be missed, but is rarely used. Begawan Padmanaba also gave him the flower Wijaya Kusuma (could wake the dead).
The first time he used his weapons was to kill Kangsa Dewa (the son of queen Maerah and giant Gurawangsa). After he was given all of these things, Begawan Padmanaba possessed Narayana so that Narayana became the incarnation of Wisnu the god of Law.

One day, a giant king name Kala Kresna from the kingdom of Dwarawati, decided that he wanted to marry a goddess and be the king of the world. Bathara Guru, the king of the gods from the heaven Suralaya, asked Raden Narayana to kill the giant king Kala Kresna. With his magical weapon (Cakra Baswara), Narayana killed the giant king and became the leader of the Kingdom of Dwarawati.

At this point he also changed his name to King Bathara Kresna. He married Dewi Jembawati, who was a daughter of the monkey priest Jembawan and Dewi Trijatha. From this marriage, they had two sons named Raden Samba and Raden Gunadewa.
After this marriage ended, he also became engaged to Dewi Rukmini, the daughter of Arya Prabu Rukma (his own uncle). From this marriage they had three children named Raden Partadewa, Dewi Titisari and Saronodewa.
The third wife of King Kresna was Dewi Setyaboma, the daughter of King Setyajid (his other uncle), whom with he had one son with named Raden Setyaka (he was accidentally killed by his uncle King Baladewa, because he was lying to him).
The fourth wife was Bathari Pertiwi the daughter of Bathara Nagaraja. Out of this marriage, two children Boma Naraka Sura and Dewi Siti Sendari (Abimanyu’s wife) were born.

From a very young age Raden Narayana and Raden Premadi (Arjuna) became very close friends, because they were both students of Begawan Padmanaba. Narayana (Kresna) is an ally of the five Pandawa brothers and special companion of Arjuna, the third Pandawa. Nayarana was a bit reluctant to Arjuna, because during the war with Arjuna, all his magic subdued his opponent.

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Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka - 1982