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Rukma – (Prabu) – Mahabharata

In the story of Basudewa Grogol, the King Basudewa commanded Rukma to kill queen Dewi Maerah, because she had slept with the giant Gorawangsa and become pregnant. Arya Prabu Rukma did not want to kill her, so he left her in the jungle instead (see the story of the character Kangsa Dewa).

In the Story of Kangsa Adu Jago, King Basudewa was very angry with Rukma because Kangsa Dewa found out that The King had three children who lived in the village of Widara Kandhang. Arya Prabu Rukma went to the village to visit Ki Demang Antyagupa, the head of the village. He asked Ki Demang Antyagupa why Kangsa Dewa knew about the King’s children.
He also asked Ki Demang why he had a big alun-alun (field), ringin kurung sakembaran (two bayam trees) and a white elephant. He recognized those symbols as being some of the visual representations of a kingdom. Ki Demang explained that all of those symbols were Kakrasana’s idea, and even though he already warned him he did not listen.
Ki Demang apologized about the misunderstanding, but Arya Prabu Rukma did not accept the apology. He was so angry at Ki Demang Antyagopa, that he beat him with a whip. Ki Demang cried, but nobody could help him because no one was at home. He cried Kakrasana’s name, and Kakrasana came back from the farm and heard Ki Demang. He was so angry that he jumped and punched Arya Prabu Rukma.
Raden Kakrasana chased him until Arya Prabu Rukma ran and jumped up onto his horse. Raden Kakrasana was just about to take his elephant and chase him, but Ki Demang told him to stop because the man he was chasing was the king’s brother. Kakrasana was so disappointed that he went to meditate in the Grojogan sewu (waterfall).

In this story, Ki Demang was killed by the followers of Kangsa Dewa and Kakrasana received the magical weapons called Nanggala and Alugara from the god Brama to kill Kangsa Dewa.
The end of his story is told, Prabu Bismaka alias Arya Prabu Rukma died on the battlefield against Prabu Bomanarakasura, the king of Surateleng or Trajutisna country.