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Udawa – (Patih) – Mahabharata
Udawa's loyalty to Prabu Krishna is supported by the love of a brother, just like Krishna's love for Udawa. Udawa is a man who is a courageous officer, with a strong hand, so that there are few people who can withstand his fists. Especially when Udawa fights with tears, no enemy can stop him.
When Rara Ireng (Dewi Sembadra's name when she was a child) was abandoned by Raden Nayarana, Udawa was trusted to take care of her. Udawa's care for Rara Ireng is not experienced as the care for her employer, but as the care for her own brother. When Udawa did something wrong, his master's anger did not cause him sorrow, but he accepted it with an open heart.
Udawa can serve his king as Patih in the true sense of the word and, as the Javanese proverb goes, he is like a dagger sheath that prepares itself with a happy feeling to enter the king's dagger.
In the same way, Udawa can serve all the king's wishes. Suppose the owner likes crickets, then he is ready for it and makes a place for the crickets. He served his master's wishes with all his heart.
As governor, he dared to warn and refute his master's wrong actions using the right reasons. Patih Udawa was old and could follow his king until the Baratayuda war. Patih Udawa then had a descendant who became king after Jarnan Purwa.
At the end of the story, Arya Udawa was killed in a mace war between the families of Yadawa, Wresni and Andaka, after the end of the Bharatayuda war.
Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka - 1982
