Gatotkaca : knights of Pringondani
Birth
Raden Gatotkaca - According to the Mahabharata version, Gatotkaca is the son of Bimasena from the Pandava family who was born to a female rakshasa named Hidimbi. Hidimbi himself was the giant ruler of a forest; living with his older brother Hidimba (in Javanese puppetry, Gatotkaca's mother is better known as Arimbi. According to this version, Arimbi is not just an ordinary forest dwi dweer, but the daughter of Pringgadani Kingdom, rakshasa nation country).
The story of Gatotkaca's birth is told separately in Javanese puppetry. His name as a baby was Jabang Tetuka. Until the age of one year, the umbilical cord could not be cut even using any weapons. Arjuna (Bimasena's sister) went to visit to get god's instructions to help her nephew.
At the same time Karna, the commander of Hastina Kingdom was also looking for heirloom weapons. Because the faces of the two are similar, Batara Narada as the messenger gave Kontawijaya's weapon to Karna, not to Arjuna.
After realizing his mistake, Narada meets the real Arjuna. Then Arjuna chased Karna to grab Konta's weapon, so the fight took place. Karna managed to escape with Konta's weapon, while Arjuna only managed to seize the heirloom wrapping holster. Konta's heirloom sheath is made of mastaba wood which turns out to be used to cut Tetuka's umbilical cord.
When used for cutting, the mastaba wood perishes and unites in Tetuka's stomach. Krishna who participated in witnessing it argued that the influence of Mastaba wood would increase the strength of the baby Tetuka. He also predicted that one day Tetuka would die at the hands of gun owner Konta.
According to the Javanese version, Tetuka was fostered in the kahyangan by Narada who was being crushed by Patih Sekipu from Trabelasuket Kingdom. Patih was sent by his king, Kalapracona to propose to an angel named Batari Supraba.
Tetuka
Trabelasuket Kingdom. Patih was sent by his king, Kalapracona to propose to an angel named Batari Supraba. Tetuka is confronted as Sekipu's opponent. The more beaten, Tetuka gets stronger. Out of shame, Sekipu returned Tetuka to Narada to be raised at a moment's time.
Narada scattered Tetuka's body into the crater candradimuka, on Mount Jamurdipa. The gods then threw various types of heirloom weapons into the crater. Moments later, Tetuka comes to the surface as an adult male. All kinds of heirlooms of the gods have fused and united into him.
Then Tetuka fights against Sekipu and manages to kill him with the bite of his fangs. Krishna and the Pandava came to the kahyangan. Krishna cut off Tetuka's fangs and told him to stop using the attributes of the giants.
Batara Guru, the king of kahyangan presented a set of heirloom clothes, namely Caping Basunanda, Kotang Antrakusuma, and Terompah Padakacarma to wear Tetuka, which has since been renamed Gatotkaca. Wearing the heirloom garment, Gatotkaca was able to fly to Trabelasuket Kingdom and kill Kalapracona
Wedding
In the Mahabharata version, Gatotkaca married Ahilawati, a girl from the Dragon Kingdom and had a son named Barbarika. In the Javanese version, Gatotkaca married his cousin, Pergiwa, Arjuna's daughter. He successfully married Pergiwa after an uphill struggle, namely getting rid of his rival, named Laksmana Mandrakumara, duryodana's son from korawa family.
From his marriage to Pergiwa, Gatotkaca had a son named Sasikirana, who became a hastinapura warlord during the reign of Prabu Parikesit, son of Abimanyu or grandson of Arjuna. Another version tells the story, Gatotkaca has two other wives besides Pregiwa, namely Suryawati and Sumpaniwati. Suryakaca and Jayasumpena were born respectively.
King Pringgandani
The Javanese version of Gatotkaca is a half-giant human, but not a forest giant. Her mother was the daughter of Prabu Tremboko of pringgadani kingdom. Tremboko was killed at the hands of the Pandava father's guide due to a sheepfight launched by Sangkuni. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Arimba. Arimba himself died at the hands of Bimasena when the Pandavas built the Kingdom of Amarta. Pringgadani's throne was then held by Arimbi who had been married to Bima. A succession of leadership is then handed over to their son after adulthood.
Arimbi has five younger brothers named Brajadenta, Brajamusti, Brajalamadan, Brajawikalpa, and Kalabendana. Brajadenta was appointed patih and given a place to stay in Kasatrian Glagahtinunu. Sangkuni of the Hastina Kingdom came to instigate Brajadenta that pringgadani's throne should belong to him, not Gatotkaca's. As a result of the incitement, Brajadenta rebelled to take the throne from the hands of Gatotkaca who had just been sworn in as king. Brajamusti who sided with Gatotkaca fought brajadenta. The two giants died together. Their spirits infiltrated each other into gatotkaca's palms, thus adding to their nephew's power. After the event, Gatotkaca appointed Brajalamadan as the new patih, with the title Patih Prabakiswa
Death
Gatotkaca's death is contained in the seventh volume of the Mahabharata entitled Dronaparwa, in the Ghattotkacabadhaparwa section. He is said to have died in the war at Kurukshetra on the night of the 14th. The great war was a civil war between the Pandava family against Korawa. Mahabharata recounts, as a giant, Gatotkaca has extraordinary powers especially at night. After Jayadrata's death at the hands of Arjuna, the battle should have been temporarily halted because dusk had arrived. However Gatotkaca confronted the Korawa troops as they were on their way to their camp.
The fighting continues; as the night went on, Gatotkaca's magic increased. Many Korawa soldiers he killed. A Korawa ally of the rakshasa nation named Alambusa came forward to confront him. Gatotkaca beat him cruelly because Alambusa had killed his cousin Irawan arjuna's son on the eighth day of battle. Alambusa's body was captured and carried flying high, then slammed to the ground until it fell apart. Duryodana, the leader of Korawa was horrified to see gatotkaca's ferocity.
He forced Karna to use Indrastra's heirloom weapon given by Dewa Indra named Vasavishakti (according to Javanese puppetry, called Konta's weapon) to kill the rakshasa. Karna initially refused because the heirloom could only be used once and would be used to kill Arjuna.
Because he continued to be urged, Karna finally threw his heirloom in the direction of Gatotkaca. Realizing his death was near, Gatotkaca thought of a way to kill a large number of Korawa soldiers at once. Gatotkaca also increased his body size to the maximum size and then collapsed on thousands of Korawa soldiers after Karna's ultimate weapon penetrated his chest.
Pandawa was devastated by gatotkaca's death. In the Pandava line, only Krishna smiled at Gatotkaca's death. He was happy because Karna had lost his flagship heirloom so that Arjuna's life could be said to be safe.
Java Version
The war in Kurukshetra in Javanese puppetry is commonly referred to as Baratayuda. The story is adapted and developed from the kakawin bharatayuddha text written in 1157 during the Kadiri Kingdom. The puppet version tells the story, Gatotkaca is very familiar with his cousin named Abimanyu, arjuna's son.
Abimanyu married Utari the daughter of Wirata Kingdom, after she claimed to be a virgin. In fact, Abimanyu was married to Sitisundari the daughter of Krishna. Sitisundari who was deposited in Gatotkaca palace heard the news that her husband had remarried.
Gatotkaca's uncle named Kalabendana came to see Abimanyu to take him home (Kalabendana is Arimbi's youngest brother who is a dwarf round giant but has a plain and noble heart). It makes Utari feel jealous. Abimanyu was forced to swear that if he had married other than Utari, then he would die ganged up on his enemies in the future. Kalabendana went to Gatotkaca to report on Abimanyu's attitude. Gatotkaca instead scolded Kalabendana who he considered sassy meddling in his cousin's domestic affairs. Because he was too angry, Gatotkaca hit Kalabendana's head. Mekipun the act was done accidentally, but his uncle was killed instantly.
When the Baratayuda war erupted, Abimanyu was actually killed by the Korawas on the 13th day. On the 14th day, Arjuna managed to avenge his son's death by beheading Jayadrata.Duryodana was deeply saddened by the death of Jayadrata, his own brother-in-law. He forced Karna to attack pandawa camp that night. Karna left even though it violated the rules of war.
After knowing that the Korawas launched a night attack, the Pandava sent Gatotkaca to intercept. Gatotkaca was deliberately chosen because Kotang Antrakusuma that he used was able to emit bright light. Gatotkaca succeeded in killing Korawa's ally, Lembusa. Meanwhile his two uncles, Brajalamadan and Brajawikalpa, were killed at the hands of their enemies, named Lembusura and Lembusana, respectively.
Gatotkaca confronts Karna, kontawijaya's gun owner. He created a twin of himself as many as a thousand people so that makes Karna feel confused. On the instructions of his father, Batara Surya, Karna managed to find the original Gatotkaca. He then unleashed Konta's weapon in the direction of Gatotkaca. Gatotkaca tried to avoid by flying as high as possible.
But kalabendana spirit suddenly appeared to catch Kontawijaya while delivering the news from the kahyangan that Gatotkaca's death had been determined that night. Gatotkaca who surrendered to his destiny ordered that his body could be used to kill the enemy.
Kalabendana agreed, then stabbed Gatotkaca's belly button using Konta's weapon. The heirloom melted with the scabbard, which is mastaba wood that is still stored in gatotkaca's stomach. After Gatotkaca died, Kalabendana's spirit threw his body towards Karna. Karna managed to jump so as to escape death. However, the train was blown to pieces by gatotkaca's body. The shards of the train sped in all directions and killed the korawa soldiers in the vicinity.