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Wratsangka – (Raden) – Mahabharata

Arya Wratsangka married at the same time as his brother, Arya Utara who married Dewi Tirtawati, Dewi Sindusari's sister after they succeeded in killing Arya Girikusuma and his father Prabu Prawata from the Bulukapitu country.

Arya Wratsangka is a warrior who always upholds his sense of duty. When the Bharatayuda war broke out between the Pandawa and Kurawa families, Arya Wratsangka plunged into the battlefield as a Senapati Pandawa, accompanied Senapati Agung, Resi Seta.
After the death of Raden Utara, Wratsangka was appointed as the war commander. He was later killed by Bisma.

The deaths of the three brothers, Seta, Utara and Wratsangka, occurred in one day and deeply moved the entire country. To the point that the mothers of the three knights came to battlefield and cried over the bodies of her sons gathered together. The mother's grief was immeasurable, as she looked at the faces of her sons. But she was also magnanimous because the deaths of her sons were caused by devotion to the homeland in fighting for the truth.
During his life, he did not have any important roles in the epics.


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