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Dursilawati – (Dewi) – Mahabharata
It is said that Jayadrata came to the Hastina Kingdom to study government from Pandu. However, because Pandu had died, Sangkuni tried to attract Jayadrata to become an ally of the Kauravas. Sangkuni used Dursilawati’s beauty to charm Jayadrata.
With Dursilawati's style and words that always attract the hearts of the people she talks to, Jayadrata was attracted and fell in love with Dursilawati. Jayadrata was willing to marry Jayadrata. However, before the wedding, she was kidnapped by a white elephant. The Pandadwa mediator, Arjuna, helped Jayadrata find Dursilawati and kill the elephant.
When the Bharatayudha war occurred, Kartiwindu fled when the number of forces of the Kauravas was dwindling. Meanwhile, his younger brother, Antisura, was still a child when the war broke out. During the reign of Parikesit, Arjuna's grandson, Antisura received amnesty and was accepted as an officer of the Hastina Kingdom. Antisura was known to be arrogant and liked to brag. As a result, his relationships with other officers who were descendants of the Pandavas were not good.
According to the Javanese puppet story, Dursilawati's two children, Kartiwindu and Antisura, became troublemakers in Parikesit's government. Kartiwindu destroyed the peace of Hastina from the outside, while Antisura from within the palace.
Dursilawati herself died when the Baratayuda war occurred because her life was taken by Batara Kala as a sacrifice for the victory of the Korawa side, especially Jayadrata. As proof is the success of the Korawa on the 13th day in killing Abimanyu, son of Janaka.
In Sanggit Ki Seno, not only Wisakusuma was the victim of Janoko's anger, Jayadrata's wife, Dursilawatai also died on the same day, she was shot by Janoko's arrow.
However in another sanggit, Dursilawati died in self-defense because her son and her husband died in the Baratayudha War.
It’s also said that after the end of the Bharatayuda war with the death of her husband, Arya Jayadrata and all her brothers on the Kurusetra battlefield, Dewi Dursilawati lived in the country of Sindu with her son, Arya Surata who was enthroned as king of the country of Sindu replacing his father. Occasionally she came to the country of Astina to build and perpetuate close family relationships with the Pandawa family and their descendants.
Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka – 1982
Blog: Hadisukirno – Yogyakarta - 2012
